Farewell (2009)

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.

Directed by: Christian Carion

Cast: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Dina Korzun, Evgeniy Kharlanov, Niels Arestrup, Willem Dafoe, Fred Ward, Philippe Magnan, David Soul, Christian Sandström

Genres: Drama, Romance, Spy, Thriller, War

Rating: 6.9/10

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