Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
Кирилл СЕРЕБРЕННИКОВ
Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV
Russia, 2018, 126mn 
fiction
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 Leto

 Leto

 
Directed by : Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV (Кирилл СЕРЕБРЕННИКОВ)
Writing credits : Mikhail IDOV (Михаил ИДОВ), Lili IDOVA (Лили ИДОВА)
 
Cast
Teo YOO (Тео Ю) ...Viktor Tsoi
Roman BILYK / ZVER (Роман БИЛЫК / ЗВЕРЬ) ...Mike Naumenko
Irina STARSHENBAUM (Ирина СТАРШЕНБАУМ) ...Natalia Naumenko
Philip AVDEYEV (Филипп АВДЕЕВ) ...Lionya
Anton ADASINSKY (Антон АДАСИНСКИЙ)
Liya AKHEDZHAKOVA (Лия АХЕДЖАКОВА)
Yulia AUG (Юлия АУГ)
Nikita EFREMOV (Никита ЕФРЕМОВ)
Nikita ELENEV (Никита ЕЛЕНЕВ)
Aleksandr GORCHILIN (Александр ГОРЧИЛИН) ...Punk
Yelena KORENEVA (Елена КОРЕНЕВА)
Georgi KUDRENKO (Георгий КУДРЕНКО)
Aleksandr_6 KUZNETSOV (Александр_6 КУЗНЕЦОВ)
Vasili MIKHAYLOV (Василий МИХАЙЛОВ)
Aleksandra REVENKO (Александра РЕВЕНКО)
Yevgeni SERZIN (Евгений СЕРЗИН) ...Oleg
 
Cinematography : Vladislav OPELIANTS (Владислав ОПЕЛЬЯНЦ)
Production design : Tatyana DOLMATOVSKAYA (Татьяна ДОЛМАТОВСКАЯ), Andrey PONKRATOV (Андрей ПОНКРАТОВ)
Music : Roman BILYK / ZVER (Роман БИЛЫК / ЗВЕРЬ), German OSIPOV (Герман ОСИПОВ)
Sound : Boris VOYT (Борис ВОЙТ)
Editing : Yuri KARIH (Юрий КАРИХ)
Produced by : Mikhail FINOGENOV (Михаил ФИНОГЕНОВ), Murad OSMANN (Мурад ОСМАНН), Ilya STEWART (Илья СТЮАРТ)
Production : Hype Film; Kinovista
Film revenue in Russia : 1.442 million dollars
Spectators : 306 068
Release date in Russia : 07/06/2018
 
Sites : Page sur Allociné, page sur IMDb
Release date in France : 2018-12-05, Site

Awards :
Best directing "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2019
Best Sound Boris VOYT , "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2019
Discovery of the year "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2019
Soundtrack Award Roman BILYK / ZVER , German OSIPOV , Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2018
First prize Festival international du film d'Amiens, Amiens (France), 2018
Best directing Kirill SEREBRENNIKOV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best Set Decoration Andrey PONKRATOV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2018
Best music Roman BILYK / ZVER , German OSIPOV , Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2018

DVD with subtitles
Editor : Condor Entertainment. 2019. Titre : Leto

Plot synopsis
The plot revolves around the little-known events of Tsoi’s life, unfolding in Leningrad during the summer of 1981 when the Russian rock music was born influenced by Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and other Western rock stars. This film details the history of rock and immerses the audience into the era of Leonid Brezhnev, colorfully depicting life during this period on the screen.
 

Commentaries and bibliography
La Russie rend hommage à Viktor Tsoï, légende du rock soviétique, Emma COLLET, Courrier international, 2022
Leto, une pure splendeur signée Kirill Serebrennikov, Bruno DERUISSEAU, Les Inrockuptibles, 2021
Viktor Tsoï, le dernier héros soviétique, Eugénie ZVONKINE, Le Monde diplomatique, 2019
Leto (2018) [Kirill Serebrennikov], Quentin CORAY, alarencontreduseptiemeart.com, 2018
Leto (Leto) - Kirill Serebrennikov, Eugénie ZVONKINE, Cahiers du cinéma N° 744 (mai 2018), pages 10-11, 2018
Leto - Kirill Serebrennikov, Jean-Luc LACUVE, Ciné-club de Caen, 2018
Leto: interview d'acteurs du film à Cannes 2018, Irina STARSHENBAUM, Roman ZVER, Teo YOO, Cannes 2018, 2018
De Moscou à Téhéran : la création à l’épreuve de la censure [9 mai 2018], Eugénie ZVONKINE, Florian DELORME, France culture, 2018
Назван автор письма оргкомитету Каннского кинофестиваля о Серебренникове, Joël CHAPRON, iz.ru, 2018
Ilya Stewart • Producteur 'La musique est un des personnages principaux de L'Été' [Leto], Ilya STEWART, Marina RICHTER, Interview, cineuropa.org, 2018
Kirill Serebrennikov – Leto, Miriem MÉGHAÏZEROU et Olivier ROSSIGNOT, culturopoing.com, 2018
Kirill Serebrennikov: Summer (Leto, 2018), Natalie RYABCHIKOVA, Kinokultura, 2018
Kirill Serebrennikov: Summer (Leto, 2018), Rita SAFARIANTS, Kinokultura, 2018
Le cinéma et les nouveaux diktats de la censure russe, Telerama, 2018
Le film russe Leto est-il encensé uniquement pour des raisons politiques ?, Grégoire LEMENAGER? Jean-Christophe BUISSON, L'Obs et le Figaro-Magazine, 2018
Nous attendons des changements. Le rock underground soviétique au cinéma, Eugénie ZVONKINE, Cahiers du cinéma N°750, décembre 2018, 2018
 

Selected in the following festivals or events :
- Russian or Soviet films awarded at Berlin, Cannes or Venice, kinoglaz.fr (France), 2023
- Cycle Serebrennikov au Méliès, Montreuil (France), 2023
- Rencontres du cinéma européen, Vannes (France), 2022
- Reflets du cinéma de la Mer Noire en Mayenne, Different cities (France), 2022
- Regards sur le Cinéma Européen, Chalonnes sur Loire (France), 2019
- Scènes et Ciné - Programme Panorama - Cinématographies de Russie et d'Europe Centrale, Fos sur Mer (France), 2019
- Russian Film Festival For Another Russia, Paris (France), 2019
- Nantes Russian Film Festival, Nantes (France), 2019
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam (Netherlands), 2019
- Era New Horizons IFF, Wroclaw (Poland), 2019
- "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 2019
- Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg (Sweden), 2019
- Russian film symposium. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh (USA), 2019
- Russian Resurrection Film Festival, Different cities (Australia), 2018
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), 2018
- Pessac International History Film Festival, Pessac (France), 2018
- Les rencontres des cinémas d'Europe, Aubenas (France), 2018
- Arras International Film Festival, Arras (France), 2018
- Russian Film Week in Paris : Regards de Russie, Paris (France), 2018
- Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France), 2018
- Release in France of the film, Different cities (France), 2018-12-05
- FEMA / La Rochelle International Film Festival, La Rochelle (France), 2018
- Festival de Cannes, Cannes (France), 2018
- Festival international du film d'Amiens, Amiens (France), 2018
- Russische Filmwoche in Berlin, Berlin (Germany), 2018
- FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany), 2018
- International Film Festival of India : IFFI, Goa (India), 2018
- Busan International Film Festival : BIFF, Busan (Pusan) (Korea, South), 2018
- Era New Horizons IFF, Wroclaw (Poland), 2018
- Independant European Film Festival VOICES, Vologda (Russia), 2018
- Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2018
- Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2018
- San Sebastian International Film Festival, San Sebastian (Spain), 2018
- International Zurich Film Festival, Zurich (Switzerland), 2018
- The Times BFI London Film Festival, London (United Kingdom), 2018
- Russian Film Week in London, London (United Kingdom), 2018

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