Carion spies in Bonjour Farewell
A strategic place to announce new films, the Cannes Film Festival will start off its 2006 edition with the revelation of the subject of Christian Carion’s new feature. After dealing with the theme of war in Merry Christmas [+see also:
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According to Variety, the director’s third feature will begin shooting in 2007, and will be produced by Christophe Rossignon (Nord-Ouest Production) and Bertrand Faivre (The Bureau).
Bonjour Farewell will depict the misadventures of Farewell, a top Russian spy in the science and technical division of the KGB, who in 1981 decides to turn against the USSR, from the inside, by providing the French secret service with very important documents that prove Soviet spying in the highly sensitive areas of research and technology.
(Translated from French)
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