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Despite the Falling Snow
"You can betray your country but not your heart."
2016 • 1h 34m • ★ 5.7 (98 votes) Released
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
Shamim Sarif
Writer
Shamim Sarif
Rating
5.7
Runtime
94 min
Production
Enlightenment Productions
Falling Snow
SK Enlightenment
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Keywords
sacrificepoliticsspycold warsoviet unionlovedefectionmoscow, russiawoman director1960s1990sfemale painterpainting exhibition
