Despite the Falling Snow Page #4

Synopsis: In 1950s Moscow, communist Katya secretly spies for the Americans in the Cold War arms race. When she lands her biggest assignment, stealing secrets from rising government star Alexander, the last thing she expects is to fall in love with him. Reconciling her passion for him with her beliefs about communism means making the greatest sacrifice - of her life - a sacrifice that Alexander only uncovers thirty years later.
Director(s): Shamim Sarif
Production: Enlightenment Productions
  12 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
33
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
PG-13
Year:
2016
93 min
Website
302 Views


You can't.

Then I'm not leaving.

If they see you,

it'll ruin everything.

I'll never get out.

Where is it?

Two doors down..

And they have

everything ready?

They're waiting.

Every last detail is set.

Sasha...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for all the lies.

You have to go.

You'll miss the plane.

I love you, Katyusha.

I love you, Sasha.

Always remember it.

Do you want to take me

to your show?

Mr. Ardonov?

Misha?

Misha, my friend, how are you?

- There.

- What's this?

I'm a dying man.

I have one last thing to do,

and now I've done it, okay?

I remind you of her, don't I?

Look at me.

You're dying.

You just said so yourself.

So why not just clear your conscience?

Sasha, I have something

to tell you.

Where have you been?

I was looking

for you at home.

I can't go home.

Sasha's defected,

or he's about to.

And he just left you here?

I told him I had a plan

- to meet him in America.

- What plan?

I pretended there was a safe house.

And he believed it?

Yes.

So I suppose I'm the plan now,

is that it?

You made me start this again, Misha.

Are you going to help me or not?

Please.

We should go.

Quickly.

For Sasha. In case anything

happens to me.

He made it out.

Now the KGB want him back.

It was me they caught, Katya.

What?

You can do what I'm doing.

It's not so bad when you don't

think about it.

The KGB? How could you?

And after all

we've believed in?

You really want to be

convinced the same way?

Now, I tried to keep you

out of this.

I even told them I was the one spying on Sasha.

Why did you come to me for help?

Because I trusted you.

I have no choice.

You have to come with me.

- If they get me, Sasha will come back.

- Stop.

- I know he will. And if he comes back, they'll...

- Stop!

Is he really all

that you care about?

Hey! Hey!

Stop! Stop! Stop!

Stop her!

Katya! Katya!

Katya!

How could you do that?

No, stop. Uncle Alex.

What kind of man are you?

Alex, we need to go.

My darling Sasha.

If you read this,

I will not be with you.

And you will wonder if

we did the right thing.

We did.

More than anything, I want the chance

to just live with you,

without fear and anger,

and only with love.

I love you so much

and live to be with you again.

But if we don't meet again,

I rely on you to live

the life we dreamed of on our behalf.

Yours eternally,

Katya.

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Shamim Sarif

Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist and filmmaker of South Asian and South African heritage. more…

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