''Save and Protect'' (Russian: ''Spasi i sokhrani'') is a 1989 Soviet drama film directed by Russian filmmaker Aleksandr Sokurov. It depicts the decline of a childlike woman as she engages in adultery and falls into crippling debt. It is loosely adapted from Gustave Flaubert's novel '' Madame Bovary''.Canby, Vincen

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* Soviet drama films Films based on Madame Bovary 1989 drama films 1989 films {{USSR-film-stub