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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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Guillaume Canet | ... | Pierre | |
| Emir Kusturica | ... | Grigoriev | |
| Alexandra Maria Lara | ... | Jessica | |
| Ingeborga Dapkunaite | ... | Natasha | |
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| Dina Korzun | ... | Alina | |
| Niels Arestrup | ... | Vallier | |
| David Soul | ... | Hutton | |
| Fred Ward | ... | Reagan | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Feeney | |
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Marc Berman | ... | Jacques |
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Christian Carion | ... | Favier |
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Evgeniy Kharlanov | ... | Igor (as Yevgeni Kharlanov) |
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Lauriane Riquet | ... | Ophelie |
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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 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 <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Moscow 1981. An act of treason that changed the world. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
FranceRelease Date:
23 September 2009 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
EUR17,500,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$6,507,315Company Credits
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Willem Dafoe played CIA Director "Feeney" which actually a fictional character based on William J. Casey, real life CIA Director during Reagan Administration. Similar to the event in the movie, Casey was the one who President Reagan task to investigate "Farewell Dossier" soon after Reagan find it out from French President François Mitterrand. See more »Goofs
There is a poster of the movie "We are from the Jazz" on the theater window. This movie came out two years later - in 1983. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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My film group and I saw "Farewell" at Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center in New York. We all loved it. I do hope it will have a commercial release soon so more people can see it. The acting was superb, the screenplay riveting. We did not know the story so we were kept on the edges of our seats. I gained a lot of insights into what was going on in the cold war and emerged with a very different take on what had happened and increased appreciation for the leaders of France and the U. S. and appreciation for the brave Russian agent and what he did for the world. I am looking forward to reading the book on which the film was based. The opening and closing were so beautiful and meaningful -- the meaning only grasped at the end. I will never forget them.