Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Москва слезам не верит.

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (Москва слезам не верит, Moskva slezam ne verit) is a 1980 Soviet dramedy film directed by Vladimir Menshov about the lives of three provincial girls who come to Moscow for work. Along with War and Peace, Dersu Uzala and Burnt by the Sun, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears was one of four Russian-language films to win the Best Foreign Film Oscar. Vera Alentova plays the lead, Katya.

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Tropes used in Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears include:

• Academy Award
• The Alcoholic: Gurin after the Time Skip.
• Cool Train: The ER2 that Katya and Gosha ride.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Alexandra".
• Dacha
• Did You Just Have Sex?: When Alexandra suddenly came back home, her mother and Gosha hastily pretended they were watching television, but she saw through it.
• Kitchen Sink Drama
• Happily Married: Antonina and Nikolai
• Politically Incorrect Hero: Gosha can't deal with it when he finds out that Katya is much more successful in life than he is.
  • Though he is more upset that she lied to him, rather then she is successful
• Time Skip / Age Cut: Katya sets her alarm clock and goes to bed one evening. It rings to wake her up again--and it's twenty years later.
• Title Drop