Farewell (2009 film)
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Farewell (French: L'affaire Farewell; literally The Farewell Affair) is a 2009 French espionage thriller film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is loosely based on the actions of the high-ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the United States in June 2010.[3] It was adapted from the book Bonjour Farewell: La vérité sur la taupe française du KGB (1997) by Serguei Kostine.
Farewell | |
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Directed by | Christian Carion |
Written by | Christian Carion |
Produced by | Philip Boëffard Bertrand Faivre Christophe Rossignon |
Starring | Guillaume Canet Emir Kusturica Alexandra Maria Lara Willem Dafoe Fred Ward |
Cinematography | Walther van den Ende |
Edited by | Andrea Sedlácková |
Music by | Clint Mansell |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | France |
Languages | French Russian English |
Budget | $21 million[1] |
Box office | $7.4 million[2] |
The movie was filmed in Ukraine and Finland because Russia refused to provide a permit for filming in Moscow. A Reuters news item also stated that the government "dissuaded Russian movie actor Sergei Makovetsky and Russian producer and director Nikita Mikhalkov from participating in the film" (according to the director).[4]