Faust by the prominent Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov will be opening the 3rd International Arts and Literature Festival that is getting underway today south of Moscow.

The event at Leo Tolstoy’s Yasnaya Polyana museum and preserve, is held as part of the traditional Garden of Geniuses museum project aimed at familiarizing the broad public with the all-time literary masterpieces of the past.

 

The festival runs until Sunday.