L'affaire Farewell

"Some secrets have the power to change the course of history."

Sep 23 2009 Not Rated 1h 53m
Drama, Romance, Thriller

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.

Plot

In 1985, Sergei Gregoriev, a Soviet colonel, wants to force his nation to reform, so he leaks secret information to the West. He picks an unlikely contact, a Pierre Froment, French nebbish in the diplomatic corps. Gregoriev keeps a lot of balls in the air - a marriage, a teen son he's trying to bond with, a mistress who's a colleague at work; his tradecraft is equally reckless. Meanwhile, Froment keeps his spy work secret from his German wife, and Mitterrand uses Gregoriev's information to make France indispensable to Reagan and his government. When Gregoriev leaks a list of key Soviet moles and spies, Gorbachev is left without secret intelligence. Will Gregoriev get what he wants?

Written by

Eric Raynaud, Christian Carion, Sergey Kostin

Directed by

Christian Carion

Cast

Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara

Crew

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Production Countries

France

Production Companies

CinéCinéma, Une Hirondelle Productions, Cofinova 5, Blackfeet Pictures, Canal+, Nord-Ouest Films, France 2 Cinéma, Pathé, Le Bureau

Languages

Français, English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
L'affaire Farewell (2009) Official Trailer # 1 - Diane Kruger HD
Scores
# of Votes
7,147
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
74
Popularity
NA