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Summertime (2018)

Summertime poster
Original title
Лето
Directed by
Kirill Serebrennikov
Genre
drama film, musical film, biographical film, romance film
Country
Russia
Runtime
2h 06m
Rated
14A
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 344 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

It is about young musicians in the Leningrad rock scene of the early 1980s. It loosely follows the lives of Viktor Tsoi and Mike Naumenko as they navigate friendship and music.

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What happens

Leto (Russian: Лето, romanized: Leto, lit. ''Summer'') is a 2018 musical film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov that depicts the Leningrad underground rock scene of the early 1980s. The film draws loosely from the lives of the Soviet rock musicians Viktor Tsoi and Mike Naumenko. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Cannes Soundtrack Award. Leto also won the Best Production Designer at the 2018 European Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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