Perestroïka
Marine de Contes
2008 - 7 min - Mini DV - Couleur - France

Natalya’s laundrette is really simple: four washing machines in a row, a few dryers, some plants and a TV set to sep her company.
Natalia is Russian, she was born in the USSR, but now her country belongs to Kazakhstan. She left her homeland nearly ten years ago to settle down in Buenos Aires with her whole family. She was running away from post socialism; of its unemployment and its violence.
Before the Perestroika, Natalya was an accountant. When she arrived to Argentina, she couldn’t find a job and she decided to set up her own business. However, she’s still not quite enjoying this new way of life, she misses the socialist times. According to her it was the “best system in the world”, everybody had work and holidays. In fact, she dreams of a better life...that is why she took part in a great draw on the internet.