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L'affaire Farewell (2009)
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Ratings: 6.9/10 from 2,721 users
Metascore:
74/100
Reviews: 22 user | 69 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events. Director:Christian Carion |
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| Guillaume Canet | ... |
Pierre Froment
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Jessica Froment
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Sergei Gregoriev
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Hutton
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Vallier
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Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... |
Natasha
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Alina
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Aleksey Gorbunov | ... |
Choukhov
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Alex Ferns | ... |
Agent écossais 1
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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 Russian 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 <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Secrets have the power to change the course of history.Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
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Budget:
€17,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$6,343,930 (France) (25 October 2009)Company Credits
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Alexander Avdeev (Russian ambassador in France who became Russian Culture Minister and who had been expelled from France in 1983 because of Farewell) blocked most Russian actors to play in this movie, including Sergey Makovetskiy and Nikita Mikhalkov, because he did not want to back a movie about a Russian traitor. He also blocked authorizations to film in Moscow, while most of the plot takes place in Moscow. Christian Carion had to pretend to film a Coca Cola advertisement for the few images of the city. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: In a scene identified as taking place in April 1981, Grigoriev's son listens to the Queen/David Bowie song "Under Pressure." The song was not recorded until July 1981, released in October 1981. See more »
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