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Farewell (2009) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 23, 2009

Original Title:
L'Affaire Farewell

Alternate Titles:
El caso Farewell
Elveda
O Caso Farewell
Υπόθεση Farewell

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Blackfeet Pictures
France 2 Cinéma
Le Bureau
Nord-Ouest Films
Pathé
Une Hirondelle Productions

Production Countries:
France

Ratings / Certifications:
BE: AL  FR: TP  IE: 12A  JP: G  PT: M/12 

Runtime: 113

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Casting:
Gigi Akoka
Susie Figgis

Costume Design:
Corinne Jorry

Director:
Christian Carion

Director of Photography:
Walther van den Ende

Editor:
Andrea Sedláčková

Original Music Composer:
Clint Mansell

Original Story:
Serguei Kostine

Producer:
Christophe Rossignon
Bertrand Faivre
Philip Boëffard

Production Design:
Jean-Michel Simonet

Set Decoration:
Sébastien Monteux-Halleur

Writer:
Eric Raynaud
Christian Carion

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