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Despite the Falling Snow

"You can betray your country but not your heart."

2016-01-29
5.733
en 94m
DramaRomanceThriller
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

Producer

Hanan Kattan

Art Department Assistant

Amelia Bueno Timón

Art Direction

Bill Crutcher

Visual Effects Supervisor

Jack Hennigan

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Status

Released

Countries

  • Canada
  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Enlightenment Productions
  • Falling Snow
  • SK Enlightenment

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