Save and Protect
1989 Soviet film
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Save and Protect (Russian: Spasi i sokhrani) is a 1989 Soviet historical drama film directed by Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov, starring Cécile Zervudacki and Robert Vaab. It depicts the decline of a childlike woman as she engages in adultery and falls into crippling debt. It is loosely adapted from Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary.[1]
Directed byAlexander Sokurov
Written byYuri Arabov
StarringCécile Zervudacki
Robert Vaab
Robert Vaab
CinematographySergey Yurizditskiy
| Save and Protect | |
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| Directed by | Alexander Sokurov |
| Written by | Yuri Arabov |
| Starring | Cécile Zervudacki Robert Vaab |
| Cinematography | Sergey Yurizditskiy |
| Edited by | Leda Semyonova |
| Music by | Yuri Khanon |
Release date |
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Running time | 167 minutes (original version) 128 minutes (re-edited version) |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Languages | Russian French |
Cast
- Cécile Zervudacki as Emma
- Robert Vaab as Charles
Reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times commented that what pushes the film forward is "Emma's escalating desperation and madness, reflected in a montage of images and sound of increasingly odd design."[1]
The film won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1989 Montreal World Film Festival.[2]
