Roman Balayan –special screenings in London

[Alissa Timoshkina]

Roman Balayan – special screenings in London

In association with the Sergei Paradjanov Festival London/Bristol 2010
www.paradjanov-festival.co.uk


Pushkin House 5 March 2010                         Ciné Lumière  9, 10 March 2010


An Armenian filmmaker, who made most of his films in the legendary Dovzhenko 
Studios, Roman Balayan considers himself a student of Sergei Paradjanov. True 
to the auteur tradition, Balayan tends to work with a selected ensemble of 
actors. One of the prominent and always outstanding figures in his films was 
Oleg Yankovsky. Yankovsky’s untimely death (20 May 2009) left the world of 
cinema devastated.

Screenings at Cine Lumiere and Pushkin House are a tribute to the creative 
alliance of the remarkable Russian actor, Oleg Yankovsky, and the world 
renowned filmmaker, Roman Balayan.This celebration of the artistic 
collaboration, which spanned over twenty years, will present London audiences 
with a chance to see the films of Roman Balayan for the first time in the UK. 

PUSHKIN HOUSE
www.pushkinhouse.org.uk

Guard Me, My Talisman / 5 March / 7.30 pm/ in Russian
1986/ Soviet Union/ 74 min Starring: Oleg Yankovsky, Tatyana Drubich, 
Aleksandr Abdulov and Aleksandr Zbruev. Set against the backdrop of the 
Pushkin autumn festival in Boldino, the film tells the story of a love triangle 
between Aleksei, his wife and Dmitri. As their passions get out of control, 
Aleksei, inspired by the occasion, decides to put an end to it all in the manner 
of his favourite poet.
Introduction and a Q&A with the director
Tickets: £7.00, conc. £5.00, FREE for Friends of Pushkin House


CINE LUMIERE
www.institut-francais.org.uk

Dream Flights / 9 March/ 6 .15 pm/ ENG subtitles
1982 / Soviet Union / 92 min / Starring: Oleg Yankovsky, Lyudmilla Gurchenko, 
Oleg Tabakov
On the eve of his fortieth anniversary, Sergei Makarov looks back at his life and 
learns that he has achieved nothing. He was not able to be happy and to bring 
happiness to the closest people in his life: not to his long-suffering wife, his 
young mistress, nor friends or work... 

Birds of Paradise / 9 March / 8.30 pm/ ENG subtitles
2008 / Ukraine / 94 min / Starring: Oleg Yankovsky, Oksana Akinshina, Yegor 
Pozenko
The film is about the ability of gaining and preserving inner freedom in the 
period when the Soviet state had a total control over every aspect of a human 
life. It tells a story of survival and resistance during the last decade of the 
Socialist regime.  
Introduction and a Q&A with the director

The Spy / 10 March / 3 pm  / ENG subtitles
1987 / Soviet Union / 83 min / Starring: Oleg Yankovsky, Yelena Safonova, 
Olga Ostoumova
Set in 1916 the film paints a psychological portrait a young member of 
intelligentsia, caught in-between the internal and the external torments 
surrounding a troublesome period of Russian history.
Tickets to all screenings: £9.00, conc. £7.00

Organised by Sergei Paradjanov Festival London/Bristol 2010 and   KinoKino 
Partners: Ciné Lumière, Pushkin House

Sponsored by:  UNISTREAM money transfers and Ukraine International Airlines 

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