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Farewell

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Original title

L'affaire Farewell

Year

2009

Running time

112 min.

Country

France

Director

Christian Carion

Screenwriter

Eric Raynaud

Cast

Music

Clint Mansell

Cinematography

Walther Van Den Ende

Producer

France 2 (FR 2), Le Bureau, Nord-Ouest Films

Genre

Thriller | Spy Film. Cold War. Based on a true story

Synopsis

At the height of the Cold War, a KGB officer contacts the French government with an offer of information. Starring two filmmakers in the lead roles, Guillaume Canet (Tell No One, Anything You Say) and Emir Kusturica (Life is a Miracle, Underground, Arizona Dream), Farewell recounts a crucial episode in the Cold War. Hoping to sabotage the Brejnev regime and give his son a better future, disillusioned KGB colonel Gregoriev (Kusturica) makes contact with Pierre (Canet), an ordinary French engineer working for Thompson. He gives him explosive confidential documents about a network of KGB moles in the West, leaking crucial scientific information to the Soviet Union. Torn between his fear of putting his family in harm’s way and his desire to know more, Pierre brings the documents to the French government and soon gets involved against his will in a highly sensitive espionage affair.

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Farewell

2009

Christian Carion

6.2

(4,326)