Painter Maria is the kind of girl with traditional ideas who wants a reliable partner and a happy family. Now she has a boyfriend, Nikolai, who is also a worker. The baker Liudmila has a warm and open personality, but she has vanity and wants to win the "jackpot" in Moscow with her beauty and achieve a pampered life. She envies the life of the upper class and loves to make friends with celebrities.
Once Professor Ji's family went on vacation and asked Katerina to help take care of the house. When she walked into the professor's house together with Yolyudmilla, they were stunned by the elegant residence of this high-level intellectual. Liudmila suddenly had an idea: hold a party here and invite celebrities from the literary and sports circles. Naturally, they had to dress up as the professor's daughter and come forward to entertain. On the day of the party, among the guests was a handsome young man, Rachikov, a TV photographer. Rachikov fell in love with the beautiful "Professor's little daughter" Katerina, and was very courteous to her, invited her to go to the TV station to shoot the scene, and invited her to be a guest at his home, all of which moved the girl's heart. Katerina couldn't resist his temptation and committed herself to him. Katerina worked well in the metal clothing factory and was an excellent worker. She was interviewed by a TV station, and this time it was Rachikov who was in charge of the camera. Katerina panicked because she hadn't had time to explain her true identity to Rachkov. But she answered the questions of the TV broadcaster in a frank and honest manner for the sake of female dignity. Rachkov was shocked to see Katerina here, only to realize that she was not the daughter of the professor.
When they were sitting on the garden bench in the middle of the street where they often met again, Rachkov ruthlessly said that he would break up with Katerina, and Katerina was pregnant, but Rachkov turned his face and denied that the child was his . Lyudmila complained about the incident, and she called Rachkov's mother, hoping that she would change her son's attitude. Unexpectedly, the mother was as snobby as her son, but said that her son was seduced by a bad woman and asked Katerina to have an abortion. But Katerina did not, she kept the child.
A few months later, she became a mother and named her newborn daughter Alexandra. Her daughter became her hope and comfort, giving her courage and strength to live. Her two girlfriends and Nicola looked after her and the children, and she was warmed by the camaraderie of her friends. From then on, she worked during the day, took care of the children, and worked hard at night after the children fell asleep, studying hard every day until late at night. Sixteen years later, Katerina completed her higher education, became a chemical expert, and became the director of a chemical fiber joint factory with 3,000 workers, but she is still single and lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter. She and Maria and Lyudmila still maintain their girlhood friendships and meet regularly. Maria and Nicola have three children and live a happy family life; while Lyudmila's life has suffered many setbacks and her pursuit of things has finally come to nothing, but she is still unwilling to give up.
One day in early autumn, three friends gathered at Maria's villa outside Maria. In the evening, Katerina and Maria sat on the porch steps and talked. Katerina said she envied Maria having a happy home. Maria persuaded her to quickly find a partner to start a family. But where is the ideal partner?
At night, Katerina said goodbye to Maria's family and got on the tram alone. Sitting in the car, Katerina couldn't help feeling melancholy thinking about her situation. At this time, a middle-aged man came up. With Katerina's permission, he sat down beside her. The two chatted, and they talked very speculatively. The man's name is Guo Sha, a bachelor, a first-class welder. He guessed that Katerina was also a worker and possibly a celibate. Katerina just smiled. The encounter in the tram made Katerina's heart stir, and she vaguely felt that what she had been pursuing for many years was the type of man Guosha had: a pair of sharp eyes and wisdom.
Two days later, she went home with the groceries she had just bought. On the way, someone took the large and small bags from her. She saw it was fruit sand. She took Gosha home and introduced him to her daughter, Alexandra. The daughter looked at Guosha coldly. Guosha asked Katerina to rest and prepared dinner by herself, and brought the food in a while. At the dinner table, Guosha said to Alexandra, "I will live with your mother, although the two have only known each other for two days and nights."
Early the next morning, Guosha came to invite Katerina and her daughter to an outing. They had a picnic by the creek in the woods. The beauty of nature is intoxicating. Katerina wanted to tell Guosha her true identity several times, but Guosha didn't want to listen.
The relationship between Katerina and Guosha quickly heated up and began to be inseparable. But she never dared to reveal her position as factory director, for fear that the relationship between the two would change after Guosha found out, because as Ludmila said: "Men don't like women's status higher than them, men are willing to Be the master of the house."
It just so happened that the TV station went to the joint factory led by Katerina to interview, and the photographer happened to be Rachikov again. He didn't want to go, but when he heard that the female factory manager was a middle-aged, beautiful and single woman, he became interested and had to go out in person. When Rachikov recognized that this generous female factory manager was Katerina sixteen years ago, he was shocked again. He regretted that he had abandoned her in the first place. But he still had hope, didn't they have a child? It should be sixteen. Katerina couldn't stand his entanglement, so she agreed to meet him on the bench in the garden in the middle of the street where they broke up.
Rachikov offered a bouquet of flowers to show his love and mentioned the child he refused to admit back then. But Katerina categorically rejected him, "The past is over, and my daughter has nothing to do with him. Now I'm going to marry another person."
One night a few days later, Katerina had a busy day, very Tired, I really want to have a good rest, Guosha has prepared dinner for her at home. Alexandra and her boyfriend Nikita have an argument. After a while Nikita was gone. Guosha found that Alexandra looked wrong, and when she asked, she found out that Alexandra's former boyfriend had called seven boys to beat Nikita in order to be jealous. Nikita is going to the appointment now. Guosha immediately called two workers to the agreed location with Alexandra. Guo Sha and other three workers stopped the group fight with their fists, and then intervened again, and asked the boys to promise that they would not be an example.
Nikita and Alexandra admire Gosha for this. On the way home, Alexandra asked Guosha why she didn't keep moving forward and be a leader? Guosha believes that happiness does not depend on the level of position, but what he understands is freedom and respect.
When they got home, Katerina didn't take it seriously, she thought that Alexandra had grown up and should take care of the troubles caused by her lack of seriousness. And Guosha shouldn't use his fists to punish people, reasoning is more powerful than fists.
Just then the doorbell rang, and Rachikov actually came to visit. Katerina let him in out of courtesy. Rachikov deliberately talked to everyone about filming TV in Katerina's factory, and Guosha wanted to see it. Rachkov took the opportunity to invite Guosha to watch on TV the next day.
After the two men left, Katerina was in a very complicated mood and could not calm down for a long time. She knew that when Guosha watched TV, their relationship would change. She suddenly lost control. She told her daughter that Rachikov was her biological father. She blamed herself for having cheated twice in her life. The first time she cheated, she paid the price of sixteen years of hard life, and this time she will lose Guosha's sincere love. Of course, for Rachikov, a man who doesn't know love or life, it's the same whether he cheats or not. What he wanted was the professor's daughter, a woman who was a factory manager, not a country girl or a female textile worker. Even if he married him, he would abandon him in the future. But for a man like Guosha, cheating is unfair to him.
Guosha really didn't show up anymore. Katerina was in so much pain that she couldn't help but ran to a friend's house and wept bitterly. Lyudmila said to her: "Don't cry, Moscow doesn't believe in tears. Now it's not time to cry, but to act."
Nikolai told them to wait at Katerina's house, and he went to Gosha. Guo Sha was drinking at home alone to drown his sorrows, and Nikolai accompanied him to drink to show sympathy, and finally persuaded Guo Sha to bring him back to Katerina's house. Katerina went up to meet him and had a secret conversation with him. After a while, they came out, and Guosha entertained everyone as a host, "Cheers to our happy gathering!" In the
early morning of the next day, Katerina drove Guosha to the construction site all the way. Guosha's colleagues gathered around and asked who the female cadre was. He hesitated for a moment embarrassedly, and suddenly announced clearly and loudly: "This is my wife!"
There are many moving parts in the film, especially the teaching materials that are close to life, which are very real in the age of falsehood.
Behind the scenes
Soviet feature film. Filmed by Moscow Film Studios in 1979. Chernekh screenplay, Mensov director, Alentova starring. The 1981 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In 1979, the film industry of the former Soviet Union experienced an earthquake because of the appearance of a film. "Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears" is a very entertaining film that replaced the previous preaching with tortuous characters' fate, which resonated with audiences of all ages. It not only created a very high box office in China, but also won the following year. won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. When the film was released in the United States, the Americans specially selected a Q-version character poster: the male protagonist turned his back to us, his back was broad and strong, and the female protagonist hugged him warmly. This is the former Soviet film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film again after "War and Peace". The plot of the film began in the 1950s and ended in the 1970s. The film contrasts the two eras and focuses on the performance of middle-aged people. The fate of the film depicts the mental state of this generation, and involves many issues that audiences are generally concerned about, such as morality, happiness, life value and so on. The protagonists Katerina and Guosha in the film left a very unforgettable impression on the Chinese audience.
Relevant evaluations
have always thought that good films in the Soviet Union are adaptations of novels such as "War and Peace" and "Anna Karelina". After reading "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears", I feel that the scope is wider. This is a pure love film, basically does not contain other impurities. Although there are multiple limitations such as age and region, but because of the theme of eternal love, this boundary has disappeared. The process of love is also the process of a person's growth, from youthful and frivolous innocence and
fantasy to maturity and rationality after the passage of time. When a person knows what he really needs, he is not far from the dream. But the question is how to know exactly what you need. Life is just a few decades, but it is full of too much confusion and despair. At that time, the situation has changed, and the enthusiasm has long since disappeared without a trace. What is left except numbness?
The film's final line: "How long have I been looking for you?" the heroine repeats with tears in her eyes. Yeah, how long to look for? to find the person you want to meet in this life. Moscow doesn't believe in tears, it's all up to it. Looking for the miracles in life, can't wait silently, search, search...
The same sentence "Don't call me again", the person who said it has changed; on the bench in the same park, the person who left first has changed. The director gave us a lot of such casual comparisons, implying the rotation of feng shui and the changes of life. Movies with a long time span can easily make viewers feel this kind of lightness and calmness after experiencing the vicissitudes of life. "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is exactly that. Nothing can be done right from the start, and the right person is often not met from the start. Occasionally, try to jump out of the troubles at the moment, life will always go on, and people who are down-to-earth are always moving closer to the beauty in their hearts. In our life, find that epic temperament. Sometimes, you have to live bigger. After all, life is long and changes constantly.
"Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is a film about a person's growth and changes. It can make people touch the rhythm of life and make people believe in the future. The kindness and serenity of this film is touching, with very little ideology, it is purely about a person's life and her love. It is a pity that it is a movie after all. The reality may be far from such ideals, but there is something to warm your heart, which can make people feel a kind of fulfillment and warm love in their hearts. Or because I watched it with love, the protagonist resonated with me even more. "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?" "Eight days?" "Do you know how long I've been looking for you?"... In short, the opportunity is fleeting, you will love, and you must grasp it. In addition, the music of the film is very good, and it flows from the heart.
Wonderful Film
Review How can an ordinary female worker in a bakery marry a good man? Katerina didn't think about this, she just worked hard to prepare for the university entrance exam, while Lyudmila saw it very well. She deliberately went in and out of the library where the academicians and doctors often haunted, got acquainted with them, and persuaded Katerina to pretend to be sisters with her, claiming to be the daughter of the professor, and secretly used the mansion of Katerina's professor's uncle to host a reception. meeting. The two have each had boyfriends. But the wily Lyudmila knows how to play hard-to-get, and has fooled the heart of the famous ice hockey player, easily forgives her deceit, and is willing to marry her.
Poor Katerina wasn't so lucky, met a snob TV worker, and unfortunately got pregnant. The man found out that she was just a female worker and not a college student, and immediately used her "deception" as an excuse to ask for "good separation and good separation".
At this point, we all feel that Katerina is really miserable to the end, but the next storyline allows us to find that Lao Tzu's words are reasonable - "Blessings depend on blessings; blessings are where disasters lie." A single mother, Katerina worked hard and became a successful entrepreneur more than ten years later, which is impressive, and met a peerless man, who can cook and live, is confident, and gets along well with her daughter. . When the TV station workers interviewed the entrepreneur, they suddenly found out that the representative leader turned out to be her. Seeing that she had developed, she immediately started working hard, trying to renew the front line, but of course she was ruthlessly rejected. However, the ice hockey player in Lyudmila was degenerate because of alcoholism. He was degraded to the point of being divorced for 7 years and ran to her from time to time to harass her and ask her for money. It's unpredictable.
There is no doubt that "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is a very good film. Many people say that this ending is too ideal. Then ask our dear Katerina to face the indifference of her irresponsible boyfriend and her mother's philistine Is it also an idealized expression when the face is displayed? Today, we lightly call it reality to hurt each other that can be seen everywhere in our lives, whether it is interests or emotions. Seeing those selfless and pure people or things is always like seeing extraordinary things. Jane was just as emotional. Are movies too idealistic, or are we too lacking in ideals? After watching a movie many times, what you see in the end is mostly something other than the movie. For me personally, it's a rewarding process, a growth process, but it's not easy, it's often accompanied by doubts, and it's accompanied by painful choices.
Behind-the-scenes
In 1979, the film industry of the former Soviet Union experienced an earthquake because of the appearance of this film. This extremely entertaining film replaced the previous sermons with tortuous character fates, which resonated with audiences of all ages and not only created a very high box office in China, but also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film the following year. 's honor. This is the former Soviet film that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film again after "War and Peace". The plot of the film began in the 1950s and ended in the 1970s. The film compared the two eras and focused on the performance of middle-aged people. The fate of the film depicts the mental state of this generation, and involves many issues that audiences are generally concerned about, such as morality, happiness, life value, etc.... The protagonists of the film Katerina and Guosha have left Chinese audiences. Very unforgettable impression. There are many moving parts in the film, especially the teaching materials that are close to life, which are very real in the age of falsehood.
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears is
impeccably performed, the characters are well drawn, the comedy plot is just right, and the emotions are deep and beautiful. When we
talk about the former Soviet films, we can't help but think of "the dawn here is quiet", "The Office Story" and "Two People's Station" and other emotional and touching films, for the Chinese, these films have influenced a whole generation. These films, shown over and over on TV, still have their place on the screen in a time when Hollywood movies are all the rage. I've watched this film on TV no less than twice. "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" is the pinnacle of Soviet cinema, not only popular in the former Soviet Union, but also conquering the world. In 1981, the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was awarded to this film regardless of the ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union at that time.
Different from the current film, this film does not use special effects, does not use any new technology, does not describe any vigorous people and things, and the lens language is also very ordinary and simple, so what makes it enduring and time-tested Still have that much charm? It is a beautiful feeling shared by human beings, as well as a simple and easy-to-understand film language.
In the movie, the story unfolds with the fate of three women. And their fate is determined by their character. Lyudmila is enthusiastic, open, but also very practical. She thinks that she sees marriage and love very thoroughly. She has many "famous sayings", such as "If you want to love, you will love the king, if you want to lose, you will lose a million." Moscow sees it as a casino, looking for a boyfriend is like buying a lottery ticket, and she dismisses Donya's ideals in life, thinking that her future is like "the State Planning Commission has made a budget for 20 years." Sharpen your head and get in touch with powerful celebrities. In the end, after careful selection, I chose Gu Lin, a hockey player who seems to have a bright future. Of course, in order to conceal that he is not the daughter of a professor, he got married without any deeper understanding. As a result, Gu Lin revealed that his will is not firm after marriage The shortcomings, from not drinking to alcoholism, eventually led to the breakdown of the marriage. In fact, this situation was caused by Lyudmila's own character, but she was still obsessed with it. After the divorce, Lyudmila still The nature does not change, and even thinks of going to the cemetery to date the rich widower. He is a very comedic character.
On the other hand, Donia is a traditional woman, kind and shy. She just wants to find an honest husband. She finally got her wish and established a warm and happy family with Nikolai. Satisfied, for Lyudmila's obsession, she persuaded: men are not found, but cultivated. The focus of the movie is Katerina, unlike Lyudmila, she doesn't want to rely on a man to live, but study hard to change her destiny. In the first half of the movie, she meets Rachikov unexpectedly, With little experience in life, she was quickly attracted by Rachkov's speech and demeanor and committed herself to him. When she found out that she was pregnant, her girlfriends advised him not to tell Rachkov the truth that he was a worker, and to get married first. She replied: I don't want a family to start with a lie. After Rachkov discovered the truth by accident, he really exposed his snobbish true face, and ruthlessly abandoned Katerina, but she did not give up her self-esteem, and silently started a new life with her daughter. Of course, Katerina is very painful, but fate often "plants flowers without intentions, but inadvertently grows willows and willows", the pain also gave Katerina great stimulation, but made her work harder and become a successful Professional women, in the hard life, she also becomes strong, confident, mature, full of a unique charm. But she did not give up her desire for love. A guest at the banquet in the play said: At the age of forty, life has just begun. The chance encounter with Guo Sha made her feel that she had found the man she really loved, and how similar her fate was. Another concealment of her true identity made Guo Sha leave her, but this time, with the help of her friends, she found her back. Guosha, true love is invincible!
Through the intertwined fates of three women and the contrast of their friendship and love, the film celebrates the beautiful feelings of human beings, expounding a simple truth: sincerity is the foundation of love and life.
The performances of the actors in this film are very good, not to mention the main actors, and the supporting roles are also very good, whether it is the old lady who is the gatekeeper of the collective dormitory, or Nikolai's parents, including the person in charge of the marriage agency, the performance is vivid. Extraordinary, close to life. In the second half of the film, Gosha is one of the most important characters, and the veteran Soviet actor Alex Batalov performs very well. A simple, confident, decisive, capable and slightly rude man appeared. When Katerina treated him harshly for harassing her daughter's boyfriend, he retorted: Everything is up to me, Because I am a man. His temperament has infected many Chinese men in the 1950s and 1960s.
Since the film is about everyday life, it pays great attention to detail. For example, when Nikolai took Donya to meet her parents for the first time, she invited Lyudmila and Katerina to their parents' house. Behind Mira, the two old men thought that Lyudmila was their future daughter-in-law, and their brows furrowed. It was not until Nikolai introduced them that the old man became happy, and the contrast of expressions was very interesting. Another example, Katerina, as the leader, went to inspect a club for marriage introductions in the factory. Two beautiful women came to register, but the chairman said that the seats were full, and a man in his 60s not only quickly got permission, And placed in the thirties at his request, the comedy plot reflects the disproportionate sex ratio in the former Soviet Union after the Great Patriotic War. When Katerina first met Guo Sha, Guo Sha was carrying a tea stove for an old lady on the tram, and this detail showed his helpful personality. It is through the details that the characters in this film are plump and natural. Therefore, attention to detail is also one of the keys to appreciate the film.
As a romantic light comedy, the comedy plot is well conceived, with lots of light humor and dialogue, which is quite different from the provocative humor in the similarly themed "I'm Crazy for Mary." For example, when Nikolai set off to look for Gosha, Katerina only knew his name and nothing else because Katerina had known him for a few days, and Nikolai didn't know Gosha, so he asked Katerina , What are the prominent features of Guosha, Katerina thought for a while, and blurted out: Yes, there is a scar left by the operation on his stomach. There are many such humorous plots in the film.
The music in this movie is good. At key moments, such as warm scenes, melodious Russian songs add to the atmosphere. The lyrics at the end are very simple and full of emotion: nothing was built all at once, Moscow was not built all at once, Moscow does not believe in empty words, but in love...
Don't miss such a good movie! Meanwhile, friends, if you're young, if you're sincere, if you're longing for love, wait, or prepare to experience it! ——There will be bread, there will be potatoes, and love will naturally come.
Wonderful lines
1. At the professor's house, a dialogue between Lyudmila (Liu) and Katerina (Ka) reflected the difference in the personalities of the two and satirized the social phenomenon of the former Soviet Union at that time:
Ka: How did you call me a professor? daughter.
Liu: There are two situations in which a person's identity is revealed, the pronunciation of the sentence is wrong and the question is stupid.
Card: When people ask me anything, I just talk nonsense.
Liu: Even if you say it, you have to be confident. It's called "opinion", let's just say it, it's a bit rude?
Card: Yes.
Liu: They call it bizarre.
Card: No. No matter how contrived, it's never better than the real thing.
2. After Guosha left, Katerina's friends came to see her [Donia (Winter), Nikolai (Ni), Alexandra (Ya)]
Liu: Forget it, Moscow doesn't believe in tears. It's no use crying here, take action.
N: He's been missing for a few days.
Asia: Eight days.
Dong: Don't be arrogant, go find him yourself!
Card: What arrogance? I would like to go to the end of the world with him.
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