Madame Bovary (1989)
"Spasi i sokhrani" (original title)

Director:

Aleksandr Sokurov

Writers:

Gustave Flaubert (novel), Yuri Arabov (screenplay)

Stars:

Robert Vaap, Cécile Zervudacki, Aleksandr Abdulov

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Robert Vaap
Cécile Zervudacki	...	(as Tsetsiliya Zervudaki)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aleksandr Abdulov
Aleksandr Cherednik	...	(as Aleksandr Cherednik)
Viktor Palech
Vyacheslav Rogovoy
Yuri Sternin

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

flies | surgery | funeral | amputation | death | 

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Genres:

Drama | History

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Soviet Union West Germany

Language:

Russian French Latin

Release Date:

1989 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

Save and Protect

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lenfilm Studio, Interpromex Industrieanlagen GmbH

Technical Specs

Runtime:

167 min 128 min (re-edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Astounding

This is clearly a very original film. Sokurov uses "Madame Bovary" as his inspiration, and transforms hidden desires and longing of the protagonist into metaphysical beauty. You can't say there's much "happening" in the film. It owes more to painting than to drama, and that's what makes it so stunning. The inner life of the characters is still the centerpoint. Sokurov and his photography team turn reality into something akin of icon-art, twisting and distorting visual image into fantastic forms. Simply: marvelous.