Khrani menya, moy talisman 1986

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.

Cast:

Oleg Yankovskiy
Алексей Петрович Дмитриев, журналист 

Tatyana Drubich
Таня, жена Алексея 

Aleksandr Abdulov
Анатолий Евгеньевич Климов 

Aleksandr Zbruev
Дмитрий 

Aleksandr Adabashyan
французский турист 

Bulat Okudzhava
Himself 

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