Farewell

June 23rd, 2010 | Posted in: movies

Another movie I am looking forward to is Farewell. This movie tells us a true story of an ordinary man who gets caught up in what Ronald Reagan called “one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century.”

Farewell tells the story of Pierre Froment, a French businessman based in Moscow (Guillaume Canet), who gets in touch with with a senior KGB officer, Grigoriev (Emir Kusturica) who is disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing him top secret information about the Soviet spy networks in the US. Torn between the fear of putting his wife (Alexandra Maria Lara) and children in danger and the desire to know more, Froment brings the documents to the French government. The information reaches the White House soon after, and brings the Soviet regime to the tipping point of collapse, forcing the KGB to frantically search for the leak, and placing the two men and their families in extreme danger.

This movie by Christian Carion has already been awarded many awards at indy-festivals, and has been named the best political espionage thriller in years. Therefore it is high upon my must-see list. In theaters in September 2010.