Released
Farewell
September 23 2009 (over 15 years ago)Rating
65
Based on
126 reviews
Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.
- Director: Christian Carion
- Genres: Thriller, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 53 m
- Country: France
- Companies: Le Bureau, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Une Hirondelle Productions, Blackfeet Pictures, Nord-Ouest Films
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.
