Red Hot
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.
More details
| author | Paul Haggis |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Latvia |
| director | Paul Haggis |
| editor | Nick Rotundo |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | abandon academy arrest black market gift jāzeps vītols latvian academy of music kurdistan meet music school oslo rock and roll seven years travel |
| musicBy | Peter Breiner |
| theme | high school independent musical drama romantic drama |