The Handmaiden
2016 · Thriller · Drama
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Film / 2016
Despite the Falling Snow
Directed by
Shamim Sarif
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Rebecca FergusonKatya Grinkova / Lauren Grinkova
Sam ReidYoung Alexander Ivanov
Charles DanceOld Alexander Ivanov
Antje TraueMarina Rinskaya
Oliver Jackson-CohenYoung Misha Ardonov
Anthony Stewart HeadOld Misha Ardonov
Thure LindhardtDimtri
Ben BattOleg
Jelena GavrilovićSvetlana
Amy NuttallMaya
Imogen DainesJackie
Miloš Timotijević
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