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56% Critic Match
Despite the Falling Snow
“You can betray your country but not your heart.”
5.6 / 10• 2016• 1h 34m•PG-13• English
DramaRomanceThriller
Storyline
New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.
Cast & Crew
Rebecca Ferguson
Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova
Lead
Sam Reid
Young Alexander Ivanov
Charles Dance
Old Alexander Ivanov
Antje Traue
Marina Rinskaya
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Young Misha Ardonov
Anthony Stewart Head
Old Misha Ardonov
Thure Lindhardt
Dimtri
Ben Batt
Oleg
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Shamim Sarif's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Despite the Falling Snow is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
