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Farewell

2009 · 113 min

A slow-burning, talky espionage drama that trades action for quiet moral tension and a growing sense of dread.

Directed by
Christian Carion
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara
Tagline
Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Christian Carion
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • loyalty
  • family
  • freedom
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Christian Carion
Written by
Christian Carion, Eric Raynaud
Starring
Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Dina Korzun, Evgeniy Kharlanov, Niels Arestrup, Willem Dafoe
Music
Clint Mansell
Cinematography
Walther van den Ende
Runtime
113 min
Country
France
Languages
Russian, French, English

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