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Punky biopic about the underground music scene in Leningrad just before perestroika, based on the early years of pop icon Viktor Tsoi and his legendary band Kino. In the early 1980s, he befriends the charismatic singer of the band Zoopark, who has rare records by Bowie, Blondie and T. Rex on tap. They also want to shake things up with their own performances, but for now the young audience is only allowed to move their feet to the rhythm. With humor and guts, the band members tackle censorship, whether in their imagination or not.

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • Biopics
  • Cannes: En compétition
  • Festival de Cannes
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Cinema noir & blanc
  • Movies That Matter Film Festival
  • Music & Cinema
  • Just released
  • Russian Cinema
  • Summer Vibes: Movies that feel like summer
  • Summertime Movies
  • The Sooner team's favorites: Pierre
  • music

Actors

  • Filipp Avdeev
  • Anton Adasinsky
  • Aleksey Fokin
  • Aleksandr Gorchilin
  • Aleksandr Bashirov
  • Yuliya Aug
  • Roman Bilyk
  • Nikita Efremov
  • Irina Starshenbaum
  • Teo Yoo
  • Liya Akhedzhakova

Director

  • Kirill Serebrennikov

Biography, Comedy


2h 6min


-10

ENGLISH


FRENCH

DUTCH

France
Russian Federation
2018
Punky biopic about the underground music scene in Leningrad just before perestroika, based on the early years of pop icon Viktor Tsoi and his band.

Punky biopic about the underground music scene in Leningrad just before perestroika, based on the early years of pop icon Viktor Tsoi and his band.


Punky biopic about the underground music scene in Leningrad just before perestroika, based on the early years of pop icon Viktor Tsoi and his legendary band Kino.


In the early 1980s, he befriends the charismatic singer of the band Zoopark, who has rare records by Bowie, Blondie and T. Rex on tap. They also want to shake things up with their own performances, but for now the young audience is only allowed to move their feet to the rhythm. With humor and guts, the band members tackle censorship, whether in their imagination or not.

Festivals

Festival de Cannes

Festival de Cannes

International Film Festival Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

Film Fest Gent

Film Fest Gent

Cast & Crew

kirill-serebrennikov

Director

Kirill Serebrennikov

filipp-avdeev

Cast

Filipp Avdeev

anton-adasinsky

Cast

Anton Adasinsky

aleksey-fokin

Cast

Aleksey Fokin

aleksandr-gorchilin

Cast

Aleksandr Gorchilin

aleksandr-bashirov

Cast

Aleksandr Bashirov

yuliya-aug

Cast

Yuliya Aug

roman-bilyk

Cast

Roman Bilyk

nikita-efremov

Cast

Nikita Efremov

irina-starshenbaum

Cast

Irina Starshenbaum

teo-yoo

Cast

Teo Yoo

liya-akhedzhakova

Cast

Liya Akhedzhakova


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