Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! (2017): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2017, Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! is a drama film directed by Kirill Pletnev, running about 104 minutes.

What it’s about. Alevtina Romanova is a warden in the woman's colony, and the only thing that is different from her «iron lady» image is her voice - a voice which even a notable opera diva would envy. However, Alevtina has been ashamed of her talent since the times she was a kid and nowadays, preliminarily making sure no one's around, she rarely sings for herself. Despite the fact that Alevtina is trying to stay invisible, one of the prisoners secretly records her singing on video by a cellphone and puts it online. The tape becomes a real sensation, and soon Alevtina is invited to Moscow to participate in the main singing show on national television. A sincere desire to change her life awakens inside Alevtina but she's not ready to compete in the show at all. The only person who could train her voice and prepare her for the performance is that very prisoner, who recorded the video, who turns out to be a singer in the past.

Who’s in it. Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! stars Inga Strelkova-Oboldina, Viktoriya Isakova, Anna Ukolova and Vladimir Ilin, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! page.

If you liked it. Fans of Leg los! - Zhgi! - Light Up! tend to enjoy Die Verurteilten, Der Pate, Schindlers Liste and Der Pate - Teil II.