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Leto

Leto

20187.42h 6m

Overview

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov
Written by Mikhail Idov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Lily Idov
Produced by Ilya Stewart, Pavel Burya, Murad Osmann
Box OfficeBudget: $150K0

Top Cast

Teo Yoo

Teo Yoo

Viktor Tsoi

Roman Bilyk

Roman Bilyk

Mayk Naumenko

Irina Starshenbaum

Irina Starshenbaum

Natalya Naumenko

Philipp Avdeev

Philipp Avdeev

Leonid

Aleksandr Gorchilin

Aleksandr Gorchilin

Punk

Yuliya Aug

Yuliya Aug

Anna Alexandrovna

Nikita Efremov

Nikita Efremov

Bob

Georgiy Kudrenko

Georgiy Kudrenko

Zhora

Aleksandra Revenko

Aleksandra Revenko

Maryana's Friend

Nikita Elenev

Nikita Elenev

Virus

Themes & Keywords

love trianglesoviet unionst. petersburg, russiarock musicsummerrock bandthreesomeperestroikakoryo-saramrussian music

About Leto

Leto is a music, drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of love triangle, soviet union, st. petersburg, russia, rock music, summer, rock band. Directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, it stars Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk, Irina Starshenbaum. Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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