Despite the Falling Snow

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Despite the Falling Snow

PG-13

2016

1h 33m

Romance

Mystery & Thriller

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During the Cold War, a female spy steals secrets from a politician after falling in love with him.

Critics Consensus

Despite the Falling Snow's slick production and appealing cast struggle to elevate a feeble script, resulting in a Cold War thriller that never raises the temperature.

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John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

04/03/2017

Respectably put together but inert ...

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

04/01/2017

It's the kind of dud in which the bad decisions pile up as you watch.

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Nick Schager

Village Voice

03/30/2017

So tasteful it's torturous, Despite the Falling Snow is a Cold War espionage thriller for those who like their period-piece action airless and derivative.

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Paula Fleri-Soler

Times of Malta

02/12/2019

The cast's commendable commitment can't hide the film's overall lack of ambition and scope.

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

10/24/2017

2/5

With the action jumping backwards and forwards in time, the plot is not always easy to follow, and a gratuitous lesbian romance does little to disguise the fact that the underlying story has run badly out of steam long before the end.

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John M

11/10/2023

Love the Cold War drama and Rebecca Ferguson!

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03/25/2022

A good time piece on communist Russia and how people just disappeared. Fergusson plays dual roles, all done well. IMB rated this much higher and I agree with their opinion.

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04/18/2020

....I guess because I spent 3 years in West Berlin in the early 1960's , this film may have interested me more than the average film fan...It reminded me (a little) of the "doomed romance " angle of Dr. Zhivago , plus the utter depression of working in the counterintelligence Cold War era of "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" ... Though not as good as the 2 earlier films, I thought it did manage to convey the hopelessness of trying to survive in ANY kind of a "police-state" society....For a current example , I might point to a certain Highly-placed "leader"who recently claimed he had "total power" to run his government any way he wanted to run it..Does that ring any bells?....

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03/16/2020

Very gripping period piece

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Darren H

@darrenhrotten 09/28/2019

Was an average to good spy novel adapted film. Not a great movie but it was clean and I still recommend it.

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Frances H

03/23/2019

A beautiful love story sensatively told and very well acted. I really enjoyed this one. Once again. I disagree with the critics.

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Synopsis

During the Cold War, a female spy steals secrets from a politician after falling in love with him.

Director: Shamim Sarif
Screenwriter: Shamim Sarif
Production Co: Enlightenment Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Some Sexuality and Violence)
Genre: Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 20, 2017
Runtime: 1h 33m

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