Save And Protect

– Inspired by Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Sokurov’s Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 47 Minutes
Release Year:
1989
Original Name:
Спаси и сохрани
Save and Protect (1989) - Also known as Спаси и сохрани

Inspired by Flaubert’s Madame Bovary, Sokurov’s Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma’s decline and fall: affairs with the aristocratic Rodolphe and the student Leon, the humiliation that follows her husband’s botching of the operation on the stable boy’s clubfoot. The universality of the theme of eternal struggle between the soul and the flesh is conveyed through the absence of specific reference to time or place: although the film seems to begin in 1840, its surreal mode effortlessly accommodates an automobile and the strains of “When the Saints Go Marching In” on an off-screen radio. Focusing on passion from a woman’s perspective and downplaying plot, Sokurov explores his subject in exquisite detail, capturing not only the heat of passion but also the quiet moments before and after and the innocent sensuousness of the body.

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Language:

Russian, French, Latin

Director:

Aleksandr Sokurov

Writer:

Gustave Flaubert (novel), Yuriy Arabov (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Robert Vaap, Cécile Zervudacki, Aleksandr Abdulov, Aleksandr Cherednik

Plot:

Inspired by Flaubert's Madame Bovary, Sokurov's Save and Protect recalls the most crucial events of Emma's decline and fall, including affairs with an aristocratic and a student. Focusing ...

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10