Leto (film)

Leto
Film poster
Directed byKirill Serebrennikov
Written byMikhail Idov
Lily Idova
Kirill Serebrennikov
Produced byIlya Stewart
Mikhail Finogenov
Murad Osmann
Charles-Evrard Tchekhoff
Ilya Dzhincharadze
Elizaveta Chalenko
StarringTeo Yoo
Roma Zver
Irina Starshenbaum
CinematographyVladislav Opelyants
Music byIlya Demutsky
Roma Zver
Production
companies
Hype Film
Kinovista
Release dates
  • 9 May 2018 (2018-05-09) (Cannes)
  • 7 June 2018 (2018-06-07) (Russia)
Running time
126 minutes
CountriesRussia
France
LanguageRussian

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.