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ver2.jpg United States theatrical poster Directed by Christian
Carion Starring Guillaume Canet Emir Kusturica Willem Dafoe and
Fred Ward Release dates   • September 4, 2009 (2009-09-04)
(Telluride)   • September 23, 2009 (2009-09-23) (France) Country
France Language French  L'affaire Farewell (English: The
Farewell Affair) is a 2009 French film directed by Christian
Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is
an espionage thriller loosely based on actions of the high-
ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the
United States in June 2010, under the title Farewell.[1] It was
adapted from the book Bonjour Farewell: La vérité sur la taupe
française du KGB (1997) by Serguei Kostine.   In the early
1980s, a high-ranking KGB analyst, Sergei Grigoriev,
disillusioned with the Soviet regime, decides to pass Soviet
secrets, including a list of Soviet spies, to