Save and Protect (1989)
- Original title
- Спаси и сохрани
- Directed by
- Alexander Sokurov
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- West Germany, Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Rated
- 15+
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A woman drifts into adultery and mounting debt. Her life unravels as she loses touch with reality.
bleakslow-burnmelancholicvisually starkunsettlingcerebralintrospectivetense
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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