Farewell (aka L'affaire Farewell, The Farewell Affair) 2009 DVD Approx. 118 min. Shown in its original widescreen aspect ratio. Playable on any standard North American (US, Canada, etc.) DVD player. In French, Russian and English with English subtitles.
Starring: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Willem Dafoe, Fred Ward, Philippe Magnan, Niels Arestrup and David Soul. Based on a true story. Written and directed by Christian Carion. A rare and very controversial movie.
1981, the height of the cold war. Pierre Froment (Guillaume Canet) an ordinary French engineer, based in Moscow, meets with KGB Colonel Grigoriev (Emir Kustrica) and is thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information in history. Ronald Reagan (played here by Fred Ward) called it ”one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century”. Based on the astonishing true story. Written and directed by Christian Carion (the Academy Award nominated director of Joyeux Noel). Also starring, David Soul, Willem Dafoe, Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, Gary Lewis and Alex Ferns.
Moscow 1981. An act of treason that changed the world. From the Academy Award-nominated filmmaker of "Joyeux Noel".
"Some secrets have the power to change the course of history."