Despite the Falling Snow is a 2016 British Cold War espionage film directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her novel of the same name.[1] Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Thure Lindhardt and Anthony Head,[2] the film was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2016.

Despite the Falling Snow
Directed by	Shamim Sarif
Screenplay by	Shamim Sarif
Based on	Despite the Falling Snow by Shamim Sarif
Produced by	Hanan Kattan
Starring	Rebecca Ferguson Sam Reid Charles Dance Antje Traue Oliver Jackson-Cohen Thure Lindhardt Anthony Head
Cinematography	David Johnson
Edited by	Masahiro Hirakubo
Music by	Rachel Portman
Production company	Enlightenment Productions
Distributed by	Altitude Film Distribution
Release date	15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	UK, Canada
Language	English

Plot

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 then meet Misha, who has become an old alcoholic; he tells them what really happened to Katya.

Cast

• 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)

Production

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

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 9% approval rating based on 22 reviews, with an average rating of 4.12/10.[4]

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).[5][6]

References

External links

• Official website
• Despite the Falling Snow at IMDb
• Despite The Falling Snow at Rotten Tomatoes

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