Magnitogorsk is an industrial town, in the heart of Russia that depends on its gigantic steel plant: The Kombinat. Lena, a young mother, daughter and grand-daughter of steel workers, teaches dancing lessons, one of the many activities organized by the factory. Amongst her students, there’s Sasha who found in his salsa dance classes, a mean to escape from his daily pressure at the Kombinat. Sasha’s brother and his wife are planning to leave Magnitogorsk and its permanent pollution that is the cause of their daughter’s mental handicap. Different journeys that explore today’s Russia, in the shadow of the rusty smokestacks.