Rotten
There's not enough time to become the poignant love story it wants to be.
David Clack, Time Out
Despite the Falling Snow
You can betray your country but not your heart.
2016 · 1h 34m · PG-13
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Shamim Sarif
Overview
New York, 1961. Alexander Ivanov, a high-ranked Soviet bureaucrat, reluctantly defects to the West while is part of a diplomatic mission, feeling the grief of being unable to know the fate of his wife Katya, whom he has had to leave behind in Moscow. Only many years later, in 1991, he will finally find out the truth when his niece Lauren travels to Moscow to participate in a painting exhibition.
Director and cast
- Shamim Sarif Director
- Rebecca Ferguson as Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova
- Sam Reid as Young Alexander Ivanov
- Antje Traue as Marina
- Charles Dance as Old Alexander Ivanov
- Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Misha
- Anthony Stewart Head as Old Misha
- Thure Lindhardt Cast
- Ben Batt Cast
- Jelena Gavrilović Cast
- Amy Nuttall Cast
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