Despite the Falling Snow
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COUNTRY:
UK, Canada
RUNTIME:
93 min
SYNOPSIS:
The adaptation of a novel that swings between the Cold War arms race between the USSR and the US post-war and contemporary atmosphere in Moscow and New York. By the same author, Shamim Sarif, the book, the script and directed the film. A story of epic tones, where Katya, in collaboration with the US secret spy in Moscow of the 50s, during an important task of its spy Alexander falls in love, relevant official on the rise of the Russian government. After the wedding, when Alexander discovers the initial plot, it will own Katya to protect it with an act of love that Alexander discovers forty years later, along with another unexpected betrayal. A romantic drama by the extraordinary photography and with an original female perspective on a historical period not yet forgotten, produced by the companion of the director, Hanan Kattan, who was born in Jordan of Palestinian origin.
CAST:
Charles Dance, Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Anthony Head, Antje Traue, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Thure Lindhart
TROUPE:
Director, Writer, Author of Adapted Material (novel): Shamim Sarif
Producer: Hanan Kattan
Cinematographer: David Johnson
Editor: Masahiro Hirakubo
Agent: Linda Lichter
Publicist: Melody Korenbrot
Print Shipper: Hanan Kattan
Set Designer: Bill Crutcher, Mina Buric
Composer/Music: Rachel Portman
NOMINATION:
Best Supporting Performance Male
Best Supporting Performance Female