The film tells about the time in which the characters of the movie "Leto" lived. Performer of the role of "Skeptic" Alexandr Kuznetsov interviews Natalya Naumenko, Artemy Troitsky, Igor Petrovsky, Seva Novgorodtsev and Andrey Tropillo about Russian rock, the 80s, Soviet youth, the Leningrad way of life and the spirit of that time. The conversations take place in the real locations of the movie "Leto", where the characters come to tell how everything was in reality, and plunge into nostalgia and praise or, on the contrary, criticize "artistic fiction".
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.
Seven Up series the first ever reality soap. The concept involves filming and getting
to know a number of children, aged seven, across the nation. These
children are then re-visited every 7 years to see how their lives are
progressing. A varied group of children from different regions and
social classes were selected. The Soviet group includes children from
across the union, including Russia, Kirgizstan, Georgia and Lithuania.
The filming took place during a time of civil and ethnic unrest and
poverty.
