Leto

2018 • dir Kirill Serebrennikov w/Teo Yoo, Irina Starshenbaum, Roman Bilyk • 126 min • DCP

Leningrad, Summer in the early Eighties. The underground rock scene is boiling. Amongst the followers of Bolan, Bowie, the Sex Pistols, and Dylan, young Viktor Tsoi is eager to make a name for himself. An encounter with his idol Mike Naumenko and his beautiful wife Natasha will change his life forever. Together they will build Viktor’s legend and make him immortal.

Loosely based on the lives of a group of Russian rock stars who remain little-known in the U.S., LETO is a gorgeous, rock’n’roll nostalgia trip with a rebellious spirit that evokes the self-reflective weirdness of Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There.