Strong and feminine, "Why don't you cry?" addresses the delicate topic of suicide. Jessica is very closed, Barbara is a time bomb. The two meet when, at the stage of the faculty of psychology, Jessica meets Barbara. The coexistence leads Jessica to question her empty and meaningless life.
In 1965, a year after the military coup in Brazil, an oasis of freedom opened in the country's capital. The Brasília Film Festival: a landmark of cultural and political resistance. Its story is that of Brazilian cinema itself.
