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Farewell (L'affaire Farewell)

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Certificate: 15A

Genre: Suspense | Thriller

Engaging, emotional and riveting, "Farewell" is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history -- about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece of history -- largely unknown until now, "one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century."

Cast:
Guillaume Canet | Emir Kusturica | Alexandra Maria Lara | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Dina Korzun | David Soul | Fred Ward | Willem Dafoe

Writers:
Eric Raynaud | Sergey Kostine | Christian Carion

Producers:
Christophe Rossignon

Directors:
Christian Carion

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    • Currently 4/5 Stars.

    Randy

    Farewell is an enjoyable political drama, managing to create an authentic atmosphere of Soviet Russia, despite the production being banned from filming there because of its content. It's loosely based on true events - a French-sympathizer KGB agent selling information to the French Intelligence during the Cold War. A Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica plays him since Russian actors were again discouraged from taking up the role. The flick focuses on the human drama - the reasons and implications for someone leading a double, in this case, a triple life. It is definitely of interest to history buffs and those interested in political espionage.

    • Currently 3/5 Stars.

    vu1999uk

    Although very slow paced at times, this builds up nicely into a very well acted and interesting cold war drama. Some nice cameoes as well, with Fred Ward doing a very good Ronald Reagan.

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