Touted as the "male version" of Bridget Jones's Diary, the film, shot in the Korean drama genre, is the story of a writer's quest for inspiration in creative crisis.Ī couple of years later, Theo was invited to the drama film "One by One" by the Korean director Kim Ki-Dook. In 2012, Theo got a small role in the romantic comedy Fictional Love (Love Story). The film was screened at the Independent Spirit Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival and won the Fresh Look. The tape was called "Day-Night, Day-Night" and talked about a suicide who tried to blow up the New York bridge.Īs journalists noted, the storyline was built by Julia in such a way that it is much more important than the outer surroundings, the inner state of a woman preparing to part with her life for an unknown higher goal. In 2006, the actor got into the film of Julia Loktev, an American director who emigrated from Russia and is known for her highly social films. Highly recommend catching this film.The Korean actor's career began in 2004 with the crime drama Brooklyn's Border about a company of young drug traffickers. Gunpowder & Sky will open Serebrennikov's Leto in select theaters starting May 31st in LA, and June 7th in NY this summer. This premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year ( read our review), and also played at the Karlovy Vary, Helsinki, Zurich, Hamburg, and Vienna Film Festivals. The screenplay is written by Mikhail Idov, Lili Idova, Ivan Kapitonov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Natlya Naumenko. Leto, which translates to just Summer in Russian, is directed by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, of the films Razdetyye, Ragin, Bed Stories, Playing the Victim, Yuri's Day, Betrayal, and The Student previously. Together with friends, they will change the trajectory of rock n’roll music in the Soviet Union. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Leningrad, in the summer, early eighties. Here's the official US trailer (+ posters) for Kirill Serebrennikov's Leto, direct from G&S's YouTube:Īvant-garde Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov (The Student) returns again to the big-screen with a tribute to the early years of Russian rock. This was one of my favorite films of Cannes last year, and I hope more people will see it once it opens soon. Teo Yoo stars as Viktor Tsoy, and the main cast features Irina Starshenbaum, Roman Bilyk, Anton Adasinsky, Yuliya Aug, & Filipp Avdeev. It's an awesome, groovy rock film with some incredible musical sequences that you just have to see on the big screen. The title translates to Summer, and the film is shot in black & white, evoking an old school feeling taking us back to the 70s & 80s. Leto, directed by filmmaker & theater director Kirill Serebrennikov who was under house arrest for the last year, is based on the true story of Viktor Tsoy and his band called Kino. This also went on to play at lots of other festivals throughout last year, from Karlovy Vary to Vienna and more. Leto! Gunpowder & Sky has debuted an official US trailer for the indie Russian film Leto, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year to some rave reviews.
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