TV series

Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears. It's All Just Beginning

2025 · 1 season

A slow, emotionally charged drama about survival and female friendship, heavy with hardship but ultimately hopeful.

Overview: Early 2000s. Ksyusha arrives to conquer Moscow with a five—year-old child in her arms - without money, connections, or any prospects. There is no turning back — she ran away from her hometown, fleeing from her abusive husband. Her new friends help her survive in the capital: a diligent medical student, Olya, and a flighty Masha, who dreams of marrying a foreigner and going abroad. After 20 years, fate gives her friends another chance at happiness.
How it feels: Dark, melancholic, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, friendship, isolation, healing
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
friendship
isolation
healing
family
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild