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6.5/10 • 132

2009-09-231h 53m

ThrillerDrama

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.

Directors
Christian Carion
Writters
Christian Carion, Eric Raynaud
Editors
Christian Carion, Eric Raynaud, Andrea Sedláčková

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Guillaume Canet

    Guillaume Canet

    Pierre Froment

  2. Emir Kusturica

    Emir Kusturica

    Sergei Grigoriev

  3. Alexandra Maria Lara

    Alexandra Maria Lara

    Jessica Froment

  4. Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

    Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė

    Natasha

  5. Dina Korzun

    Dina Korzun

    Alina

  6. Evgeniy Kharlanov

    Evgeniy Kharlanov

    Igor

  7. Niels Arestrup

    Niels Arestrup

    Vallier

  8. Willem Dafoe

    Willem Dafoe

    Feeney

  9. Fred Ward

    Fred Ward

    Ronald Reagan

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Andres Gomez

Oct 18, 2013

7/10

The performances are really good and the staging is quite believable and impressive. The plot is really well done ... the only problem is that it is really far from the actual facts.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
--
Revenue
--
Keywords
franceespionagecold warsoviet unioniron curtainkgbbased on true storydouble agent