I rarely watch the same film twice but I watched this film twice within the same week and I feel I could watch it a hundred times. It left me thinking about it for days.

It's a very symbolic film, somewhat humorous (after all, Bulgakov was great at satire) but tragic, as were those times. It's bizarre, alluring, and quite dark.

The film was so beautifully directed by Aleksey Balabanov, and Leonid Bichevin did a stunning job in the title role!

(Some people might find some of the surgical scenes disturbing. Personally, I didn't mind as I've always been fascinated by such things.)