In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.In Cold War Moscow, a female spy steals secrets from an idealistic politician - and falls in love with him.
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5.8/10
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- Director
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- Shamim Sarif(written for the screen by)
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- Director
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- Shamim Sarif(written for the screen by)
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- Awards
- 12 wins & 2 nominations
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- Shamim Sarif(written for the screen by) (novel "Despite the Falling Snow")
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Storyline
In 1950s Moscow, communist Katya secretly spies for the Americans in the Cold War arms race. When she lands her biggest assignment, stealing secrets from rising government star Alexander, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Reconciling her passion for him with her beliefs about communism means making the greatest sacrifice - of her life - a sacrifice that Alexander only uncovers thirty years later. —Enlightenment Productions
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- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for some sexuality and violence
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe story of this movie is the book "Before Snow Falls" written by Leyla in "I Can't Think Straight".
- GoofsAt the party in the opening sequence the American flag hangs with the field in the upper right corner. Flag etiquette requires that it have the field in the upper left corner. This should be known by a government agency.
Top review
4/10. This is not my rating. This is what this film deserves.
When you're cooking and you use ingredients that are 4/10 in quality/freshness, make a 4/10 recipe and put 4/10 effort to details, temperature, timing, etc, you get something that is at best 4/10. You don't need to ask the taster "How would you rate this?" because as a chef, what do you expect?
This is not a commentary on the mediocre Russian cuisine using Soviet era ingredients, but is this production company under embargo or something that they have to do with rations? Could they not have a better script?
Oh wait, the director decided to write her own script, not ask anyone for assistance, and direct everything herself. If your script is good, find a good director to make it. If you're a good director, find a good script to make into film. Very, very few people can do both. The problem is many, many people think they can.
The problem is that a weak director could ruin their own top-notch self- written script with mediocre direction. And a poor self-written script could ruin a great director's film by not getting any scrutiny or passing any filters from idea to finished film.
Let's talk positives first. The soundtrack: 10/10. This is perhaps the best score I've ever heard in my life.
Rebecca Ferguson is one of the most beautiful women to grace the screen and she's exceptionally talented, but eye-candy and great soundtrack do not a great film make.
The other actors were good for what it's worth.
The script, the story, the dialogues, the whole thing is a huge let down. I was looking forward to this film and I can't recommend it to anyone.
It's just not worth watching.
Buy the soundtrack though.
This is not a commentary on the mediocre Russian cuisine using Soviet era ingredients, but is this production company under embargo or something that they have to do with rations? Could they not have a better script?
Oh wait, the director decided to write her own script, not ask anyone for assistance, and direct everything herself. If your script is good, find a good director to make it. If you're a good director, find a good script to make into film. Very, very few people can do both. The problem is many, many people think they can.
The problem is that a weak director could ruin their own top-notch self- written script with mediocre direction. And a poor self-written script could ruin a great director's film by not getting any scrutiny or passing any filters from idea to finished film.
Let's talk positives first. The soundtrack: 10/10. This is perhaps the best score I've ever heard in my life.
Rebecca Ferguson is one of the most beautiful women to grace the screen and she's exceptionally talented, but eye-candy and great soundtrack do not a great film make.
The other actors were good for what it's worth.
The script, the story, the dialogues, the whole thing is a huge let down. I was looking forward to this film and I can't recommend it to anyone.
It's just not worth watching.
Buy the soundtrack though.
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- thenightmaremanager
- Dec 19, 2016
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- $107,257
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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