Leto (2018)

• Year: 2018
• Released: 07 Jun 2019
• Country: Russia, France
• Adwords: 15 wins & 31 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7342838/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/leto
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/leto
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: Russian, English
• MPA Rating: Not Rated
• Genre: Biography, Drama, History
• Runtime: 126 min
• Writer: Lily Idov, Michael Idov, Ivan Kapitonov
• Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
• Cast: Roman Bilyk, Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo
• Keywords: love triangle, soviet union, rock music, summer, rock band, threesome,

	7.3/10
	69/100
	79% – Critics
	76% – Audience

Leto Storyline

A love triangle emerges around a rock and roll musician, his protege and his wife in 1980s Russia.

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A personal window into the beginnings of the Soviet rock scene

Biopic/romance about a love triangle between singer-songwriter Mike Naumenko (founding member of Zoopark) that was one of the founding groups in the Russian rock movement, his wife Natalia ‘Natasha’ Naumenko, and his protege Viktor Tsoy (singer-songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian rock music). Based on the memoir of Natasha Naumenko and filmed in B&W, this is a riveting, lyrical movie that provides a window into ordinary Soviet life in the early 1980s. Not nearly as totalitarian as we in the USA are normally led to believe, but with subtle elements throughout that let us see they are by no means a completely free society. Great music weaves its way thought the film, both by Zoopark and Kino, as well as many references to western artists who are their influences (Sex Pistols, Bowie, T-Rex, Lou Reed, The Beatles, etc.) At several points the film shifts into non-sequitur music videos of western songs (like Lou Reed’s ‘Perfect Day’) at the end of which one of the characters would have a sign saying (in Russian) “This did not really happen”… Overall a fascinating movie, highly recommended for people who love music, especially if you’d like an introduction to some Soviet rock, which I was previously unfamiliar with.

If that could be a real history…

This movie has a soul. One could write about Soviet (harsh) realities, but I won’t. I was surprised, when an elderly pair (looked like 70+) arrived to watch the film – even some of 50+ Russian folks would criticize what is shown (but I hope they have their right not to watch it). For a younger people, this will be a good example to have a glimpse on Soviet life of 1980s. Takes a very talented director to make the actors act like this. I’ve got several recalls of “Assa” (one of the best movies of late 1980s), but this has got its own charms. So, I definitely recommend this one to watch. At least, for the memory of those, whom we loved.

In honnour of the ideal of rock

Leto is to me the best film of 2018 as its direction is so original, unique and magnificient. The story is rather simple. A confirmed rock star of the early eighties (Mayk) struggles to promote rock music in the declining Sovietic Union when another musician (Viktor Tsoi) arises as a new promising talent. His wife, Natalia can’t help to be attracted to this new talent…and so does he. This film almost has it all. It features fantastic actors, an interesting story (who would not like to know what was being a rock star in the Soviet Union in the 80’s ?), a great soundtrack, and some developments in the film you do not expect. I would definitely take on the direction of this film as its main feature, as Serebrennikov films so well, invents moments of magic, and has so much inventions that you can feel the soul of rock. Quite early in the film, you understand the movie is not just all about following the emergence of Viktor Tsoi the Kurt Cobain of Russia (or the Jim Morisson of Russia back in those days), but also about giving pride of place to the ideal of rock. Serebrennikov pays tribute to what rock and roll meant for his generation, what it inspired and what it felt to listen to this music in this oppressive atmosphere of Russia in the 80’s. I believe that many many directors tried this before him, but Serebrennikov may be the only one to have succeeded in this initiative of linking music to political protest. The long take at the beach and several musica clips are simply fantastic ! For this and for his fantastic direction, the film has already become a must-see film to me.