Despite the Falling Snow Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Shamim Sarif
Production: Enlightenment Productions
  12 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
PG-13
Year:
2016
93 min
Website
293 Views


- America.

- Wow!

Land of the free.

So, what are you

researching?

I'm Lauren Grinkova.

I want to ask you

about Katya,

my aunt.

I'm her brother

Yuri's daughter.

I don't remember anything

about those days.

You were running her as a spy.

Remember that?

My uncle doesn't know

what happened to her.

He left her here.

That's what happened.

So you do remember?

So what happened to Sasha?

He made money.

He has Lauren...

Imagine being him,

Mr. Ardonov.

Imagine the love of your life gone,

and spending every day blaming

yourself for her death.

Don't touch her.

You should tell the truth.

No one can hurt you anymore.

The truth?

The truth is I risked my neck

every day for 10 years,

trying to smuggle

the same secrets

as Alexander handed over

to the Americans in one go!

And in return, he gets to live a wonderful

life in the land of opportunity,

and I get nothing!

Please, if you want to talk,

you can reach me at this gallery.

Get out! Get out!

Let's wait for Sasha.

Is he getting

on your nerves yet?

You need to find someone

to fall in love with, Misha.

Just because you're happy

and in love, Katya,

doesn't mean the world

is the same.

Sasha's higher up the ranks.

I need you back.

I won't betray him.

But you already did.

Before you were married.

Imagine how he'd feel

if he found out.

Now, I'm going to leave

something with you.

You pass it on

tomorrow after work.

You still do want to make a difference,

don't you, Katya?

Here's Sasha.

Happy anniversary, my friend.

Where were you?

At school. Finishing up.

We have the opera tonight

What is it?

I just need to get changed.

There they are.

Oh. Hey!

Uncle Sasha, you came!

Hello.

She's been asking

for you, Sasha.

Where were you?

I was late back from work, Dmitri.

I'm sorry.

Congratulations on being chosen for

the American delegation.

My recommendation.

Thank you, sir.

Uh, we shall be rooming

together in New York.

Oh, let's hope

you don't snore, Oleg.

Come on. Grab hold.

Don't want you to go, Papa.

Everything I do, I do for you,

my precious one.

What's the matter?

You haven't said ten words to me all day.

Sasha...

What is it, my love?

I have to work late tomorrow.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

What is it?

We're leaking

information at work.

It's been a while. I think

it's someone on the inside.

- You told Dmitri?

- I've told everyone.

When they find who it is,

they'll kill them, you know.

It's treason, Katya.

We're heading to a peace delegation

to the United States.

And in the meantime, they're stealing

our information.

They're laughing at us!

We will do everything we can

to find this person, sir.

But in the meantime...

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Shamim Sarif

Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist and filmmaker of South Asian and South African heritage. more…

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