Guard Me, My Talisman

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.

Country:

Soviet Union

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

74 minutes

Year:

1986

Director:

Roman Balayan

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Company:

Dovzhenko Film Studios

Cast:

Алексей Петрович Дмитриев, журналист

Таня, жена Алексея

Анатолий Евгеньевич Климов

Дмитрий

французский турист

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Production Design

Original Music Composer