My Perestroika

Jan 24, 2010 1h 28m

6.4

14 votes

Synopsis

Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.

Title	My Perestroika
Companies	Red Square
Countries	Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America
Keywords	uniform, soviet union, coup d'etat, tank, little boy, childhood, bell ringing, perestroika, mikhail gorbachev, young pioneer, first day of school, russian history, communism, conformity, swan lake, woman director, 1990s