Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears was one of the longer films we have watched so far and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was great how the film was set in two significant time periods in Soviet History; the Thaw and the era of Stagnation. During both these parts of the films you really get a sense for what life was like in the Soviet Union during the time periods. I’m sure this film glorified a little was Soviet life was really like but for the most part it seemed like a fairly accurate portrayal. Women typically had lower end jobs such as a factory worker and men typically held the more high-end jobs. It was interesting how men seemed to be attracted or approving of a woman with a job of less status than theirs. They didn’t really seem to care what characteristics they had, just what their status was. Katya had deceived her first love, Rudolph, into thinking she lead a higher end life, which is what he was looking for in a woman. When he finds out it’s a lie he leaves her. Later on in the film, she meets the man of her dreams in Gosha on a train. Things seem to be going smoothly until he finds out she has worked her way up to a executive director he temporarily leaves her. During this temporary leave by Gosha I believed he would end up coming back to Katya. He loved her and I thought his heart was in the right place and that he would get over what a women’s status is suppose to be.