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.
Stars: Guillaume Canet, Emir Kusturica, Alexandra Maria Lara, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Dina Korzun, Evgeniy Kharlanov
Crew: Christian Carion (Director), Clint Mansell (Original Music Composer), Philip Boëffard (Producer), Gigi Akoka (Casting), Serguei Kostine (Original Story), Corinne Jorry (Costume Design)
Country: France
Language: English, Français, Pусский
Studio: Le Bureau, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Une Hirondelle Productions, Blackfeet Pictures, Nord-Ouest Films
Runtime: 113 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 23, 2009
IMDb: 4.52
Keywords:france, espionage, cold war, soviet union, iron curtain, kgb, based on true story, double agent
