Möbius (2013)

An FSB officer falls in love with his agent, an American woman, who works as a trader in a Russian bank.

Director:

Eric Rochant

Writer:

Eric Rochant (screenplay)

Stars:

Jean Dujardin, Cécile de France, Tim Roth

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean Dujardin	...	Moïse
Cécile de France	...	Alice (as Cécile De France)
Tim Roth	...	Ivan Rostovsky
Émilie Dequenne	...	Sandra
John Lynch	...	Joshua
Maksim Vitorgan	...	Sobchak (as Maxim Vitorgan)
Brad Leland	...	Agent CIA Möbius
Branka Katic	...	Ava
Dean Constantin	...	Collègue Joshua
Prasanna Puwanarajah	...	Saïd
Wendell Pierce	...	Bob
John Scurti	...	Honey
Michael Shannon	...	Le père d'Alice (as Michael J. Shannon)
Pierre Baux	...	Birnbaum
Vicky Krieps	...	Olga

Storyline

In the high stakes world of espionage, one Russian FSB operative will do whatever it takes to crack an international money laundering operation and American banker, Alice, is the key. The only problem is that he isn't the only one after Alice. Now he must find out who he can trust and use everything he knows in order to get to the truth and bring down a powerful Russian oligarch.

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Plot Keywords:

espionage | oligarch | money laundering | trader | love | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, brief graphic nudity, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

France Belgium Luxembourg

Language:

French English Russian

Release Date:

27 February 2013 (France)

Also Known As:

Agentu zaidimai

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

$16,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Récifilms,Axel Films,Les Productions du Trésor

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Moscow café where the confrontation between Alice, Moise and the CIA takes place is called "U Erika" ("Chez Eric"), as seen in Russian on the sign when Moise walks in. Eric is the first name of the director.

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Soundtracks

Stop
Written by Olga Kouklaki
Performed by Olga Kouklaki
Courtesy of Kwaidan Records

User Reviews

is this really fiction

Excellent spy movie, making interesting parallels with actual drama of Russian politics of last decade. I would never expect it to come from France. Although Tim Roth doesn't look much like Russian, he makes good job. Additionally, the mixture of French and Russian actors is brilliant. One would wonder whether this story has some real roots related to internal affairs of Russian politicians and secret services. If you change some names and places, big part of it start to look pretty much realistic actually. I would prefer it to be a fiction. Otherwise, looks too dramatic and scary sometimes. In some parts the movie could be a bit more dynamic, but it looks more like a style than flaw.