Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Women Do Cry

Play trailer Poster for Women Do Cry 2021 1h 47m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 16 Reviews Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A woman suffering from postnatal depression nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl has to deal with the stigma of HIV. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. Fragility and absurdity in this contemporary Bulgarian family are set against the backdrop of violent anti gender-equality protests. Based on a true story.

Critics Reviews

View More
Jenny Nulf Austin Chronicle 03/20/2022
Women Do Cry offers a lot to chew on, and a lot to admire. Go to Full Review Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org 03/13/2022
Women Do Cry is an urgent, timely snapshot of women, their lives and their communities in the contemporary Balkans. Go to Full Review Martin Carr We Got This Covered 04/10/2022
4/5
Women Do Cry proves to be a provocative watch, which is sure to divide audience opinion. Go to Full Review Christopher Cross Tilt Magazine 03/31/2022
3/5
Women Do Cry pointedly critiques modern Bulgarian society while surrounding itself with a strong, endearing family of women. Go to Full Review Shaun Munro Flickering Myth 03/20/2022
2.5/5
Women Do Cry is a well-intended probe into the prejudices facing modern Bulgarian society, yet unseated by its clumsy, excessively melodramatic treatment. Go to Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 03/17/2022
3.5/5
Bakalova, who will be familiar to many English-speaking viewers from her multi-award winning turn in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, shows great depth here in a performance which is equally deserving of notice. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
Women Do Cry

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

View All

Vesela Kazakova

Director

Mina Mileva

Director

Maria Bakalova

Sonja

Vesela Kazakova

Yoana

Iossif Surchadzhiev

The Father

Ralitsa Stoyanova

Lora

More Like This

View All
All We Imagine as Light 100% 71% All We Imagine as Light Watchlist TRAILER for All We Imagine as Light Amanda 96% 79% Amanda Watchlist Banel & Adama 95% % Banel & Adama Watchlist TRAILER for Banel & Adama The Passengers of the Night 90% 65% The Passengers of the Night Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Women Do Cry

Women Do Cry (2021) Women Do Cry (2021) Women Do Cry (2021) Women Do Cry (2021) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A woman suffering from postnatal depression nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl has to deal with the stigma of HIV. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. Fragility and absurdity in this contemporary Bulgarian family are set against the backdrop of violent anti gender-equality protests. Based on a true story.
Director
Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Producer
Christophe Bruncher, Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Screenwriter
Bilyana Kazakova, Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Production Co
arte France Cinéma, Activist38, Ici et Là Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Bulgarian
Runtime
1h 47m