Biopic 'Leto' about Russian rock musician - stars and a love triangle

"Imagine making a David Bowie biopic and stopping before 'Space Oddity', and it's just his early hippie stuff. That's exactly what we did in this one" - screenwriter Michael Idov tells All Music about his new movie biopic 'Leto' ("summer" in Russian) about Viktor Tsoi, charismatic leader of Russian 1980s rock band Kino. The movie, Idov says, is "about avoiding music biopic cliches, how to present music that may be unfamiliar to non-Russian audiences, and government influence over the arts". The movie revolves around a love triangle - between Tsoi, his mentor Mike Naumenko, and Naumenko's wife Natalia.