Leto
Year: 2018
Country:
RUSSIA
Language:
Russian
Run Time:
126 minutes
Directed by controversial filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, known for his outspoken politics and criticism of the Russian government, LETO (Russian for “summer”) is an electrifying homage to the underground rock scene in 1980s Leningrad. Its characters are young and hungry for Western music in a country where listening to it can lead to arrest. At the Leningrad Rock Club, Soviet bands can play sanitized sets with approved lyrics to tamed crowds who aren’t allowed to dance, mosh, or even show excessive enthusiasm for the music. Serebrennikov’s impassioned film revolves around Mike, a major star in the scene who also grooms and records new artists. He’s recently discovered Viktor, whose band is sure to be the next big thing. Mike takes him under his wing, introducing him to Lou Reed and David Bowie, while prepping him for a make-or-break performance at the Leningrad Rock Club. But their budding friendship gets confusing when Mike’s wife develops her own feelings for Viktor. This bizarre love triangle will scratch at the fabric of their reckless and disaffected youth. Watching everything change around them, they’ll learn that, like summer, nothing lasts forever. (In English and Russian with subtitles) —E.F.
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Competition
Music Movies Competition
Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Kirill Serebrennikov was born in 1969 in the USSR. He graduated from Rostov State University with a major in physics. He has been the Artistic Director of the Gogol Center in Moscow since 2012. He is an outspoken critic of the Russian Government and in 2018 was placed under house arrest in what many view as a political gesture.
Filmography
Ragin (2004), Bed Stories (2005), Playing the Victim (2006), Yuri's Day (2008), Betrayal (2012), The Student (2016) – CIFF41, LETO (2018)
Producers
Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Burya, Mikhail Finogenov
Screenwriting
Michael Idov, Lily Idova, Kirill Serebrennikov
Cinematography
Vladislav Opeliants
Editing
Yurii Karih
Principal Cast
Roma Zver, Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo, Filipp Avdeev, Evgeniy Serzin
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