Leto (film)
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| Original title | Leto |
| Country of production | Russia , France |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 2018 |
| length | 128 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| script | Mikhail Idov, Lily Idova, Kirill Serebrennikow |
| production | Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann, Pavel Buria, Mikhail Finogenov |
| camera | Vladislav Opelyants |
| cut | Yury Karikh |
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Eurosync GmbH in Berlin was responsible for the German synchronization. Dubbing book: Christian Gundlach Dubbing director: Christian Gundlach
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Leto (Russian: Лето, meaning: summer ) is a Russian film by Kirill Serebrennikow about the Soviet rock musician Viktor Zoi and his band Kino . Leto celebrated its premiere on May 9, 2018 as part of the international competition of the Cannes International Film Festival and was released in German cinemas on November 8, 2018.
action
The film is set in Leningrad in the early 1980s . It is about the relationship between 19-year-old Wiktor Zoi, 26-year-old Mike Naumenko and his wife Natascha. Driven by the music of David Bowie , Lou Reed , Iggy Pop , T. Rex , Talking Heads and Blondie , they paved the way for rock music in Russia . The biography of the Soviet rock pioneer Viktor Zoi served loosely as inspiration for the plot .
background
Russian director Kirill Serebrennikow was arrested on August 22nd in St. Petersburg while filming Leto , so he had to finish the film under house arrest . He is accused of embezzling around 68 million rubles between 2011 and 2014 . The arrest sparked outrage around the world. More than 54,000 supporters joined the Petition Freedom for Kirill Serebrennikov , including Cate Blanchett , Lars Eidinger , Volker Schlöndorff and Maren Ade . Before the opening of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival , festival director Thierry Frémaux turned to French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian , who wrote a letter to Vladimir Putin who advocated Serebrennikov's appearance in Cannes , but without success. The process started on October 17, 2018, and the first public hearing is scheduled for October 25.
The Korean actor Teo Yoo , who was born in Cologne , played the main role, although he does not speak Russian and has never been to Russia before.
reception
Reviews
The majority of the press received the film positively.
Hannah Pilarczyk from Spiegel Online praises in her review: “The imagery that Serebrennikow creates, full of cuts, countercuts and even animations make no sense in the film, but in pop and the aesthetics of the music video developed from it . One can hardly express the literal creative power of pop more strongly, which is why Leto is a universal film about pop despite its very specific setting and character ensemble. "
Even if the film is too apolitical for Andreas Busche from Tagesspiegel , he praises its lightness, "in which a subliminal sentimentality resonates just as much as the impetuous energy of punk."
Daniel Kothenschulte from the Berliner Zeitung thinks that Leto's quality has suffered under Serebrennikov's house arrest and that the film "seems likable, but not really successful."
Maja Ellmenreich from Deutschlandfunk sees a great film in Leto , which "tells in captivating black-and-white images of the spirit of optimism of a whole generation that seems to be bursting with anger and passion and - still nameless - longs for Gorbachev's perestroika policy."
Awards
- European Film Award 2018 in the Best Production Design category for Andrey Ponkratov
Web links
- Profile at festival-cannes.com (English)
- Leto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leto - Official website for the film from Weltkino
- Leto - Official Facebook page for the film from Weltkino
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Leto . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 182586 / K).
- ↑ Release Info IMDb , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Leto Synopsis & Details Film releases , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Rhythm in Unfreedom Time Online , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ The Serebrennikow case: Critical free spirit under house arrest Deutsche Welle , October 19, 2018.
- ^ Total uncertainty, Spiegel Online , October 19, 2018.
- ^ Freedom for Kirill Serebrennikov Change.org , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Trial against Russian director begins in Zeit Online , October 19, 2018.
- ^ Before the outbreak , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 8, 2018, p. 13.
- ^ The children of the revolution are not fooled Spiegel Online , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ On the second day, Cannes becomes political Tagesspiegel , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Starkino The Cannes Festival disappoints with Asghar Farhadi's opening film Berliner Zeitung , October 19, 2018.
- ↑ An empty chair Deutschlandfunk , October 19, 2018.
- ^ Jury Unveils First Eight EFA Winners 2018 . Article dated November 15, 2018, accessed November 16, 2018.