Farewell (L'Affaire Farewell) 15 years old

Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.

Farewell

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.

Credits

Farewell Cast

Name Character
Benno Fürmann He was 37, now 52 years old
Willem Dafoe He was 54, now 69 years old as Feeney
Dina Korzun She was 38, now 53 years old as Alina
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė She was 46, now 61 years old as Natasha
Alexandra Maria Lara She was 30, now 46 years old as Jessica Froment
Guillaume Canet He was 36, now 51 years old as Pierre Froment
Fred Ward He was 66, now 81 years old as Ronald Reagan
Emir Kusturica He was 54, now 70 years old as Sergei Grigoriev
Niels Arestrup He was 60, now 75 years old as Vallier
Gary Lewis He was 50, now 66 years old as Scottish chemist

Farewell Crew

Name Department
Susie Figgis as Casting. She was 61 (now 76) years old Production
Corinne Jorry as Costume Design. She was 66 (now 81) years old Costume & Make-Up
Sébastien Monteux-Halleur as Set Decoration. Art
Walther van den Ende as Cinematography. He was 62 (now 77) years old Crew
Bertrand Faivre as Producer. He was 56 (now 71) years old Production
Jean-Michel Simonet as Production Design. Art
Christophe Rossignon as Producer. He was 49 (now 65) years old Production
Andrea Sedláčková as Editor. She was 42 (now 57) years old Editing
Christian Carion as Director. He was 46 (now 61) years old Directing
Christian Carion as Writer. He was 46 (now 61) years old Writing
Gigi Akoka as Casting. Production
Farewell poster
Farewell (15 years)

Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.

  • Release day: Friday, September 04, 2009
  • Runtime: 113 minutes