Leto (2018) guest: Dénes Varga (film aesthete)
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After the Anglo-American musical films of 2025 and the Hungarian documentaries of spring 2026, international productions are once again featured in the Rockfilm Club’s autumn 2026 lineup. Alongside Leto/Summer (2018), which portrays the Soviet underground rock scene of the eighties and the rebellious world of Leningrad’s rock clubs, two films connected to the Freddie exhibition on view at the House of Hungarian Music until the end of 2026 will be screened: Flash Gordon (1980) and Highlander (1986), both featuring music by Queen, which the band also released as standalone albums at the time. After the screenings, film aesthete Béla Szilárd Jávorszky, a professional staff member of the Pop Cultural Club Library, will lead a discussion.
On October 27, for the first time in the history of the Rockfilm Club, a mini-concert will precede the screening! The band Лето took its name from the original title of Summer (and from the film Summer on the Mountain), and will perform a few songs from its repertoire of tracks by Kino, the band also evoked in Leto, as an opening act for the film.
This Russian–French musical biographical film, released in 2018 and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, portrays the Soviet underground rock scene of the eighties and the rebellious world of Leningrad’s rock clubs. The plot focuses on the rise of legendary musician Viktor Tsoi, frontman of the band Kino, as well as the emotional triangle involving his mentor, Mike Naumenko, and Mike’s wife, Natalia. Set against a sultry summer atmosphere and filmed in both black and white and color, the film pays tribute both to the artists who stood up to the repressive regime and to Soviet reimaginings of the era’s cult music, including that of Talking Heads and Blondie.
Guest: film aesthete Dénes Varga
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Contemporary Hungarian film and (rock) music have been in contact practically since the late 1960s. Sometimes more intensively, sometimes more loosely, but they are essentially inseparable. Before the screenings, Béla Szilárd Jávorszky will talk briefly about the genesis and pop-historical significance of these works, followed by a discussion with a guest film aesthetics expert on the relevant domestic and international trends.
Language: Hungarian
