Leto
2018 · Movie · 126 min · ★ 7.4 · 74% critics
In early-1980s Leningrad, an underground rock community trades and copies forbidden Western records while trying to perform under strict cultural control. As an established musician and his wife befriend a rising young songwriter, their friendships and ambitions collide, capturing a moment when music and youth culture begin to push for change.
Also known as Summer
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Details
- Original title
- Лето
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-06-07
- Language
- Russian
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Critic score
- 74/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (341 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a music-driven story about creative life under pressure, with a warm, nostalgic mood and bursts of playful style; Not for you if you dislike long, loose biopics or musical interludes like The Eddy.
Pros: infectious rock energy; vivid time-and-place feel; memorable musical moments | Cons: long and repetitive; romance feels mundane; some asides distract
Themes
- love triangle
- soviet union
- st. petersburg, russia
- rock music
- summer
- rock band
- threesome
- perestroika
- koryo-saram
- russian music
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Production Designer · 2018
- IFFR audience award · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew
Teo Yoo
as Viktor Tsoi
Roman Bilyk
as Mayk Naumenko
Irina Starshenbaum
as Natalya Naumenko
Philipp Avdeev
as Leonid
Aleksandr Gorchilin
as Punk
Yuliya Aug
as Anna Alexandrovna
Nikita Efremov
as Bob
Georgiy Kudrenko
as Zhora
Aleksandra Revenko
as Maryana's Friend
Nikita Elenev
as Virus
Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov