Despite the Falling Snow

Despite the Falling Snow

94 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Jan. 29, 2016

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.

Despite the Falling Snow

94 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Jan. 29, 2016

Despite the Falling Snow
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Enlightenment Productions, Falling Snow, SK Enlightenment
Original title Despite the Falling Snow
Directors Marina Lešić, Shamim Sarif
Writers Shamim Sarif

Cast

Rebecca Ferguson

as Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova

Sam Reid

as Young Alexander Ivanov

Charles Dance

as Old Alexander Ivanov

Antje Traue

as Marina Rinskaya

Oliver Jackson-Cohen

as Young Misha Ardonov

Anthony Stewart Head

as Old Misha Ardonov

Thure Lindhardt

as Dimtri

Ben Batt

as Oleg

Jelena Gavrilović

as Svetlana

Amy Nuttall

as Maya

Imogen Daines

as Jackie