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65% Critic Match
Farewell
“Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.”
6.5 / 10• 2009• 1h 53m•NR• French
ThrillerDrama
Storyline
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
Cast & Crew
Guillaume Canet
Pierre Froment
Lead
Emir Kusturica
Sergei Grigoriev
Alexandra Maria Lara
Jessica Froment
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Natasha
Dina Korzun
Alina
Evgeniy Kharlanov
Igor
Niels Arestrup
Vallier
Willem Dafoe
Feeney
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christian Carion's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Farewell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
