My Perestroika is a documentary film about the lives of five Russians. They were children of the Soviet Union, which fell down as they grew up.
Now middle-aged, some have ridden the waves of change; others have treaded water. The film splices their present-day selves with their home-movie pasts with their uncertain futures.
I thought it was superb. You can judge the trailer for yourself:
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