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Summer

Leto

2018

Kirill Serebrennikov

Yoo Teo, Irina Starshenbaum, Roman Bilyk, Anton Adasinsky ...

6.6

877

Drama A tale of rock, love and friendship, “Leto” takes place in Leningrad over the summer of 1981, when the underground rock scene started blossoming, influenced by Western rock stars like Led Zeppelin and David Bowie. The film delivers a snapshot of this vibrant era and charts the coming of age and rise to fame of young rock singers, including Viktor Tsoi, who turned out to become a pioneer of Russian rock.

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Kirill Serebrennikov only sporadically finds the sweet spot (...) [A] conflicting blend of austerity and excess"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"Energetic, messy, a little surreal and wholly enjoyable, a tribute to the power of rock ‘n’ roll to shake things up while also providing good fun."
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"It sometimes drags and drift a bit too much (...) Visually, it all feels quite deliberate, tightly choreographed and carefully lit by DP Vladislav Opelyants"
		David Fear Rolling Stone	"[A] gorgeous, grungy, achingly sad memory piece (...) It’s an ode to the importance of rock and roll as a symbol, a promise, a lifeline in a clamped-down society (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Monica Castillo rogerebert.com	"[It] had the potential to be so much more lively—this is rock ‘n’ roll in the Soviet Union we’re talking about—that its stylish malaise feels much more disappointing. (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Leto' nails the feeling — or the memory — of finding yourself in a world that isn’t afraid of who you might become."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"'Leto' is a film with some wonderful moments and some slightly forgettable stretches – like an album with one or two wonderful tracks (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"[It] requires little, if any, knowledge of the 1980s Leningrad music scene to appreciate its many pleasures (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"The film’s content isn’t always satisfying (...) Much of the film vividly evokes the Leningrad scene at the time"

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