{"id":2311,"date":"2018-02-21T20:12:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T20:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2019-12-14T21:57:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T21:57:35","slug":"leto-russia-thu-14-november-8pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corkcineclub.com\/2018\/02\/leto-russia-thu-14-november-8pm\/","title":{"rendered":"LETO [SUMMER &#8211; RUSSIA], THU 14 NOVEMBER, 8PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0FFqgEFtwmI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>A snapshot of youthful rebellion in the Russian underground music scene set during one summer in 1980s Leningrad. The provocative director was recently released after 20 months under house arrest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director Kirill Serebrennikov charts the rise to fame of the late Soviet rock pioneer Viktor Tsoi (played by Teo Yoo) in Leto [Summer], a freewheeling snapshot of youthful rebellion in the underground scene of 1980s Leningrad. Set to a soundtrack of classics from David Bowie to The Sex Pistols, and filmed in stunning black-and-white, <em>Leto<\/em> is a rock n&#8217; roll musical like no other.<\/p>\n<p>With Serebrennikov until recently detained under house arrest in Moscow, it is a comment on Russian state censorship of the arts that could not be more timely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The New York Times on 8 April 2019:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Russia Frees Director After Nearly 20 Months of House Arrest\u00a0<\/strong> ST. PETERSBURG, Russia \u2014 <em>A renowned Russian director was released on Monday by a court in Moscow after nearly 20 months of house arrest, in a financial fraud case that is widely seen by Russia\u2019s intelligentsia as a test for artistic freedom&#8230;<\/em><em><strong>Kirill Serebrennikov, one of Russia\u2019s leading stage and film directors<\/strong>, had been imprisoned in his apartment since August, 2017, after Russian investigators accused him of conspiring with three of his colleagues to embezzle 133 million rubles, or around $2 million, of government funds allocated to a theater festival&#8230;For many in Russia\u2019s arts community, the charges were politically motivated and meant to punish Mr. Serebrennikov for his provocative work. The director is known for taboo-breaking productions that sit awkwardly with the traditional family values Russia\u2019s government promotes, and which often make thinly veiled criticisms of life under President Vladimir V. Putin&#8230;Supporters saw the case against him as an attack on freedom of expression that signaled Mr. Putin\u2019s determination to bring the arts to heel. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/08\/theater\/kirill-serebrennikov-house-arrest.html\">Click here to read the entire New York Times article.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A look back at Leningrad\u2019s underground garage-rock scene is one gorgeous, grungy, achingly sad memory piece&#8230;The fact that Serebrennikov has made such an intoxicating, invigorating movie about freedom percolating under a past toxic regime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/russian-director-kirill-serebrennikov-freed-house-arrest-1200063\">while having his own rights trampled upon in the present<\/a>\u00a0makes the look back that much more ironic. But it doesn\u2019t dilute the joy of experiencing it, one three-chords-and-the-truth number at a time.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/leto-movie-review-843641\/\">Rolling Stone\u00a0<\/a>\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n<p><em>A vibrant portrait of Leningrad\u2019s underground \u201980s rock scene\u2026 lovely, wistful, sometimes confusing and often captivating memory piece.<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/la-et-mn-leto-review-20190619-story.html\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russia, 2018 | Language: Russian, English | 126 minutes | Cert: CLUB<\/p>\n<p>Director: Kirill Serebrennikov<\/p>\n<p>Cast: Teo Yoo, Irina Starshenbaum, Roman Bilyk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff A snapshot of youthful rebellion in the Russian underground music scene set during one summer in 1980s Leningrad. 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