Avant-garde Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov (The Student) returns to the big-screen with a tribute to the early years of Russian rock. Leto puts us in the underground rock scene, in Leningrad, during the 1980's, setting itself in a climate where change is asked but also felt.
A confirmed rock star, Mike (Roman Bilyk), struggles to promote rock music in the declining Soviet Union, when another musician, Viktor Tsoi (Tee Yoo), arises as a new promising talent. Then, a love triangle emerges around these two characters and Mike's wife, Natasha (Irina Starshenbaum). Together with friends, they will change the trajectory of rock n'roll music in the Soviet Union.
At heart, this is a story of musicians who are dealing with several layers of frustration — cultural, artistic, personal — but manage to break through, one way or another. 
Serebrennikov doesn’t go full glam with the film,. For the most part, Leto is shot in lustrous black and white that can seem gritty at times but more often turns the film into a rock ‘n’ roll reverie, working as a more universal story of striving and rock and roll dreams.

2018: Festival de Cannes: Melhor Compositor; Nomeado Palma de Ouro 
2019: Russian Guild of Film Critics: Melhor Realizador, Melhor Compositor
2019: Nika Awards: Melhor Realizador, Descoberta do Ano (Roman Bilyk)