Overview
Set in 1965 in the midst of the Cold War, Totems follows a French scientist, Francis Mareuil, as he begins working as a spy. While working for the French Secret Service and the CIA, Mareuil meets Lyudmila Goloubeva, a pianist forced to work for the KGB. A romance blossoms between them but neither can be sure what is an expression of their true feelings, and what is the fruit of political shenanigans.
Cast
- Niels Schneider as Francis Mareuil
- Vera Kolesnikova as Lyudmila Goloubeva
- José Garcia as Virgile Hiriart
- Lambert Wilson as Charles Contignet
- Ana Girardot as Anne Mareuil
- Aleksey Guskov as Boris Goloubev
- Mikhail Gorevoy as Dimitri Yemeline
- Tim Ahern as Larry Goldstein
- Daniela Hirsh as Hortense
- Jules Dhios Francisco as Paul Mareuil