Farewell
“Some secrets have the power to change the course of history.”
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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Cast
18 people
Guillaume Canet
Pierre Froment
Known for
Love Me If You Dare
The Beach
Emir Kusturica
Sergei Grigoriev
Known for
On the Milky Road
Nicostratos the Pelican
Alexandra Maria Lara
Jessica Froment
Known for
Downfall
Rush
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Natasha
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Seven Years in Tibet
Dina Korzun
Alina
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Cold Souls
Evgeniy Kharlanov
Igor
Known for
Hooked on the Game
Niels Arestrup
Vallier
Known for
A Prophet
War Horse
Willem Dafoe
Feeney
Known for
Spider-Man
Aquaman
Fred Ward
Ronald Reagan
Known for
Tremors
Escape from Alcatraz
Philippe Magnan
François Mitterrand
Known for
The Magic Tuche
Nothing to Declare
David Soul
Hutton
Known for
Salem's Lot
Starsky & Hutch
Christian Sandström
FBI Agent
Known for
Bordertown: The Mural Murders
Tom of Finland
Christian Carion Director · Eric Raynaud Writer Serguei Kostine Story
Worldwide gross $7.4M · Budget $21M · United States release September 4, 2009
Box office
Budget
$21,000,000
Worldwide gross
$7,400,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Le Bureau
Production
Pathé
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Une Hirondelle Productions
Production
Blackfeet Pictures
Production
Nord-Ouest Films
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
CinéCinéma
Production
Cofinova 5
Production
Nord-Ouest Productions
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Affaire Farewell
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Russian
Release dates
United States · September 4, 2009
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
France · September 23, 2009
Theatrical
Belgium
September 23, 2009 · Theatrical
Canada
September 16, 2009 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
March 3, 2010 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
October 1, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Greece
September 29, 2009 · Premiere
November 26, 2009 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 19, 2010 · Theatrical
Israel
December 24, 2009 · Theatrical
Japan
July 31, 2010 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 5, 2010 · Theatrical
Spain
August 5, 2011 · Theatrical
Türkiye
June 11, 2010 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 24, 2010 · Theatrical
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