
skizzerflake
Audioholic Field Marshall
Farewell - The flick I meant to see last week when I ended up at the hilarious Mic Macs was Farewell. This is the story (somewhat fact based) of a French diplomatic employee in Moscow, early 80's, who unwittingly became the conduit for super-high-value intelligence passed on by a disillusioned KGB chief, which made its way to Mitterand and hence to Reagan and became the information that allowed the US to more or less win the Cold War. This film is extremely lo-tech and even though you know from the beginning how it turns out, very tense. The low point might be Fred Ward as Ronald Reagan, but this appears to mainly a metaphor for how Europe viewed Reagan. This is a definitely recommended political thriller. It's partially subtitled, being about even thirds in French, Russian and English.