The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do. Most of the 6,933 2010s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes9%
Metacritic33/100
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
104 audience votes
Key crew
- Shamim SarifWriter
- Shamim SarifDirector
- Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
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 TimotijevićCast
