In 1981, Colonel Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) of the KGB, disenchanted with Russia's failing Communist ideal, decides he is going to make a difference. Discreetly, he makes contact with Pierre Froment (Guillaume Canet), a married French engineer working in Moscow and little by little passes on documents to him that contain information which would constitute the most important Cold War espionage operation known to date. During a period of two years, French President Francois Mitterrand (Philippe Magnan) and US chief Ronald Reagan (Fred Ward) personally vet the documents supplied by this source in Moscow, to whom the French Secret Service give the codename Farewell.
Director:
Christian Carion
Year:
2009
Country:
Fra
Cast:
Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Willem Dafoe
Classification:
M
Certification:
L