Red Hot (1993)

Name: Red Hot
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-06-23
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Balthazar Getty, Carla Gugino, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Donald Sutherland, Jan Niklas

Red Hot (1993), directed by Paul Haggis, starring Balthazar Getty and Carla Gugino.

06/23/1993 BR Drama 1h 35m

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Synopsis

In 1959, a young Soviet musician risks everything to pursue his newfound love of American rock 'n' roll.

Vernon LaytonCinematography
Paul HaggisDirector, Writer
Nick RotundoEditing
Nicolas StiliadisProducer

About the film

Red Hot is a 1993 Canadian drama film directed by Paul Haggis. The film was Haggis' feature film directorial debut. Filmed in Riga, Latvia, it is set in Soviet Union-time Riga of 1950s.

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Red Hot is a 1993 Canadian drama film directed by Paul Haggis. The film was Haggis' feature film directorial debut. Filmed in Riga, Latvia, it is set in Soviet Union-time Riga of 1950s.

Plot

Alexi, a poor music school student in Riga in 1957, is gifted some contraband American rock and roll records from his traveling uncle Dimitri. Alexi gains work as a music tutor for his fellow student Valentina, the daughter of a wealthy KGB commander, and gives her a copy of one of the records recorded onto an X-ray. A record dropped by Alexi on the street is found by a KGB officer named Gurevitch, who begins investigating Valentina and her parents.

In order to secretly form a band, Alexi and his friends Yorgi and Yuri buy American instruments from the black market dealer Leonid, who also provides information to Gurevitch. Dimitri is arrested by Gurevitch but Valentina's father Mr. Kirov has Gurevitch transferred to Kurdistan and destroys all records of the investigation. Valentina stops meeting with Alexi at the request of her father.

Alexi skips his audition to get into the academy and instead goes to an abandoned warehouse where his band is to perform a secret concert that night. After giving their audition performances, the other students from the school attend the concert as well. Gurevitch informs the KGB, who arrive with tanks and arrest Valentina and Alexi. Alexi serves seven years in prison, after which he and Valentina escape to Oslo and request political asylum.

Cast

Balthazar Getty as Alexi

Carla Gugino as Valentina

Jan Niklas as Yorgi

Hugh O'Conor as Yuri

Armin Mueller-Stahl as Dimitri

Donald Sutherland as Kirov

George de la Peña as Gurevitch

Martin McKellan as Leonid

Production

Filming was reported to begin in Latvia on June 8, 1992.

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External links

Red Hot at IMDb

Red Hot at Rotten Tomatoes

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Trivia

It premiered on June 23, 1993, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h35 — a typical feature length.
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.