Save and Protect (1990)
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.
Cast
Screenplay
- Yuriy Arabov (Screenplay)
- Gustave Flaubert (Novel)
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Save and Protect about?
- 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.
- Who directed Save and Protect?
- Save and Protect was directed by Aleksandr Sokurov.
- Who stars in Save and Protect?
- Save and Protect stars Cécile Zervudacki, Robert Vaab, Aleksandr Cherednik, Dariya Shpalikova, Evgeny Yufit, Igor Bezrukov.
- How long is Save and Protect?
- Save and Protect has a runtime of 2h 48m (168 minutes).
- What genre is Save and Protect?
- Save and Protect is a Drama film.
- Where was Save and Protect produced?
- Save and Protect was produced in Germany, Soviet Union.