Despite the Falling Snow (film)

The film is set in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union. A young Soviet woman, Katya, lost her parents during the Stalinist repressions. Though she pretends to be a communist, she hates the regime and spies for the Americans. Her friend Misha, who is a spy, also helps her obtain important information for the Americans. As part of her next assignment, she meets the young and good-looking Sasha, who belongs to the Kremlin elite. In order to spy on him, Katya ends up marrying Sasha but not everything is going to the plan. Katya soon falls in love with Sasha, and plans to defect to the United States with him. However, just before her trip to the US, Katya mysteriously vanishes. Sasha stays in America alone, and over the course of 30 years becomes a successful businessman in America. Many years afterwards, he visits a post-communist Russia seeking to solve Katya's disappearance. He and his niece Lauren work together, searching for clues. They meet Misha, who has become an old alcoholic; he tells them what really happened to Katya.

• Rebecca Ferguson as Katya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova
• Sam Reid as Alexander "Sasha" Ivanov (young)[3]
• Charles Dance as Alexander "Sasha" Ivanov (older)
• Antje Traue as Marina Rinskaya
• Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Mikhail "Misha" Ardonov (young)
• Thure Lindhardt as Dmitri Rinsky
• Miloš Timotijević as First Man
• Anthony Head as Mikhail "Misha" Ardonov (older)

The film was shot in Belgrade, Serbia. The film's score by Rachel Portman was performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

The film won three awards at the 2016 Prague Independent Film Festival including Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Rebecca Ferguson) and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Head).[4][5]

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 4.12/10.[6]

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• Despite the Falling Snow on IMDb
• Despite The Falling Snow at Rotten Tomatoes