The film delivers a snapshot of Leningrad over the summer of 1981, when the underground rock scene started blossoming, 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.
Summer is an upcoming Russian drama film directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast: Irina Starshenbaum, Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk, Irina Starshenbaum, Filipp Avdeyev, Evgeniy Serzin, Alexander Gorchilin, Yuliya Aug, Nikita Yefremov, Georgy Kudrenko, Nikita Yelenev, Alexandra Revenko, Liya Akhedzhakova, Anton Adasinsky, Yelena Koreneva, Aleksandr Bashirov, Seva Novgorodsev, Vasily Mikhailov, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Andrey Khodorchenkov
About this movie
Title: Summer | Leto (2018)
Directed by: Kirill Serebrennikov
Date of birth: 7 September 1969, Rostov-on-Don, USSR
Writing credits: Kirill Serebrennikov
Music: Ilya Demutsky, Roma Zver
Year: 2018
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Color: Color
Runtime: 120 min.