My wife has had this book for decades, gifted to her by a Ukrainian helicopter pilot who was a refugee in Canada
I had no idea there was a recent Russian adaptation (2021) about to be released in theatres here
https://youtu.be/8xdc8O8NHFY
Looks like this adaptation went meta; it’s about the writing of the novel, which was meta even at the time. Bulgakov wrote it in secret, inserting himself, his wife, and figures of the literary scene. While begging to get his career back, from former fan Stalin
Neil Kandalgaonkar
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