Farewell (2009)
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.
Director: Christian Carion
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Guillaume Canet as Pierre Froment |
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Emir Kusturica as Sergei Grigoriev |
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Alexandra Maria Lara as Jessica Froment |
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Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė as Natasha |
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Dina Korzun as Alina |
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Evgeniy Kharlanov as Igor |
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Niels Arestrup as Vallier |
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Willem Dafoe as Feeney |
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Fred Ward as Ronald Reagan |
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Philippe Magnan as François Mitterrand |
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David Soul as Hutton |
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Christian Sandström as FBI Agent |
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Diane Kruger as Jogging spy |
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Christian Carion as Mitterrand advisor |
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Gary Lewis as Scottish chemist |
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Benno Fürmann as |
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Riko Eklundh as Agent du FBI 1 |
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Svetlana Kuzmina as |
| Writing | Serguei Kostine | Original Story |
| Editing | Andrea Sedláčková | Editor |
| Writing | Eric Raynaud | Writer |
| Production | Christophe Rossignon | Producer |
| Production | Gigi Akoka | Casting |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Directing | Christian Carion | Director |
| Sound | Clint Mansell | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Bertrand Faivre | Producer |
| Art | Jean-Michel Simonet | Production Design |
| Art | Sébastien Monteux-Halleur | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Corinne Jorry | Costume Design |
| Production | Philip Boëffard | Producer |
| Writing | Christian Carion | Writer |
| Camera | Walther van den Ende | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mabi Anzalone | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emma Chicotot | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julia Floch-Carbonel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gérald Portenart | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Jabes | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Guillaume D'Ham | Sound |
| Production | Ophélie Gelber | Casting |
| Crew | Daniel Vérité | Stunt Coordinator |