THE FAREWELL CASE
synopsis
Moscow, 1981. A KGB colonel – who is disgusted by the current state of Soviet politics – decides to break away from the system. With the help of a French engineer, he takes part, despite himself, in a major historical event: the collapse of the Eastern bloc.
| international title: | The Farewell Case |
| original title: | L'Affaire Farewell |
| country: | France |
| sales agent: | Pathé International |
| year: | 2009 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Christian Carion |
| film run: | 113' |
| release date: | BE 23/09/2009, FR 23/09/2009, GR 26/11/2009, PT 15/07/2010, IE 029/04/2011, UK 29/04/2011, ES 05/08/2011 |
| screenplay: | Christian Carion, Eric Raynaud |
| cast: | Guillaume Canet, Alexandra Maria Lara, Emir Kusturica, Willem Dafoe, Philippe Magnan, Niels Arestrup, David Soul |
| cinematography by: | Walther van den Ende |
| film editing: | Andrea Sedlácková |
| art director: | Jean-Michel Simonet |
| costumes designer: | Corinne Jorry |
| producer: | Christophe Rossignon, Bertrand Faivre, Philip Boëffard |
| production: | Nord-Ouest Films, Le Bureau, Pathé Films |
| distributor: | Pathé Distribution, Valentim de Carvalho Multimédia, A Contracorriente Films |
