Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

The Funniest, Tenderest Love Story of the Year.

1980142 min7.6 / 10

A tender, bittersweet romance spanning two decades that balances youthful ambition and hardship with the possibility of late-blooming love and connection.

Living together in a workers' dorm, Katerina and her friends are determined to make it in Moscow. But when a boorish cameraman forces himself on her, Katerina finds herself pregnant and alone as her friends move on. Twenty years later, Katerina is a factory director, outpacing her old roommates career-wise, yet still alone but for her daughter. Love seems possible again when she meets a genial mechanic.

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