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Guard Me, My Talisman

Original title: Khrani menya, moy talisman
1986 · 1 h 14 min
Directed by Roman Balayan · Russia / USSR · Soviet Poetic Cinema
DramaRomance

Cast

Oleg Yankovskiy Tatyana Drubich Aleksandr Abdulov Aleksandr Zbruev Bulat Okudzhava Mikhail Kozakov

Credits

Written by: Rustam Ibragimbekov

Plot

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.

Sinekatalog’s take

Guard Me, My Talisman (1986) is a Russian drama directed by Roman Balayan. It won the Golden Tulip (International Competition) at the Istanbul Film Festival in 1987. It stars Oleg Yankovsky, Tatyana Drubich and Aleksandr Abdulov. It runs 74 minutes. It is listed here for its festival and awards record.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.8 / 10 (273 votes)
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