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Guard Me, My Talisman (1986)

Guard Me, My Talisman (1986)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1986, August 31
Directors: Roman Balayan
Countries: Soviet Union
Production: Dovzhenko Film Studios
Cast: Oleg Yankovskiy, Alexander Adabashyan, Mikhail Kozakov, Tatyana Drubich, Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandr Zbruev, Bulat Okudzhava

Overview:

The setting for this off-beat drama of love and jealousy is the Pushkin Poetry Festival in Boldino. Liosha and his wife Tania are walking through the plush forest around Boldino when a mysterious figure pops up from behind a tree and asks the couple a question on an esoteric point of Pushkin scholarship. From that strange beginning, the man, whose name is Klimov, starts to ease himself into the couple's private space, and trouble ensues. Complementing this story is the festival itself, enactments of Pushkin's works, and emotional debates among the festival-goers over the meaning of his poetry.