Аннотация: The trusting Gosha, who does not believe in tears. (About Vladimir Menshov's film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"). The note.
The trusting Gosha, who does not believe in tears. (About Vladimir Menshov's film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"). The note.
One of the most famous films by Vladimir Menshov is "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears".
This is an honest film, which made by a talented, honest director, by a decent man.
However, when you reflect on the content of this film, "White Sun of the Desert" comes to mind.
Who is this film about - "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"?
This film is about ordinary people who honestly earned a relativly prosperous life and a relative welfare. People, who are not decent, and who are too cunning are defeated in this film.
Something like a realistic paradise on Earth.
We can glance at Gosha, the main hero (the main character), for example. Gosha is a highly skilled worker with a sense of self-respect and with the ability to take decisive, energetic actions.
In what and in whom does Gosha believe?
This film says almost nothing about politics. So, Gosha believes in himself?
So, Gosha himself built his happy life and now - the time has come - he is enjoying this life.
Let me doubt the main idea of the film.
Gosha was made happy owing to a powerful education system, owing to a developed science and a planned economy. After school, Gosha went to a technical school and became a skilled worker. And a little later, as you can guess, the developed system of scientific institutions took advantage of Gosha's talents (for their own purposes), paying Gosha high wages.
And a powerful education system, and a planned economy, and a highly developed science are the result of efforts, for example, of Gleb Krzhizhanovsky.
Is Gleb Krzhizhanovsky mentioned at least once in this film? Is his portrait shown at least once?
Gosha, as a person with characteristic horizons of foresight, morality and worldview, took advantage of the efforts of Gleb Krzhizhanovsky, then forgot about them, attributed own happiness to his own efforts. Then, he swam along the river to a high waterfall - in direction towards 1991.
Having suffered after a catastrophe, Gosha looked around in confusion, not knowing what to think ...
The movie is well manufactured. Vladimir Menshov is an honest, sincere person and a good director.
And the fact that at school the teachers taught according to "History" (which written by Nikolai Karamzin) - after all, in secondary school, perhaps, the surname of Karamzin was not announced at all.
So we like Vladimir Menshov can have a same opinion: that honest work and reliance on one's own abilities are leading to happiness. You don't have to think about the other topics ... From time to time, for a good mood, you can watch the film "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" ...
[DCCCXXIX. The Sketch about a faded "suns" of the cultural desert. - May 18, 2019.].
July 5, 2021 12:09
Translation from Russian into English: July 6, 2021 03:18.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Доверчивый Гоша, который слезам не верит. (О фильме Владимира Меньшова "Москва слезам не верит"). Заметка".