

When I Want to Cry, I Don't
1973, Spanish. Directed by Mauricio Walerstein.
In Venezuela, one day in 1948 there were born three children all named Victorino: Pérez, mulatto and son of the poor Lucía; Perdomo, son of a middle-class communist who gets arrested; and bourgeois Peralta. On the day of his eighteenth birthday Pérez escapes from prison using lather pretending it to be a rage attack. Peralta shows a friend of his a car he got from his parents. A young lady gives herself to Perdomo as a birthday present. Pérez finds his mistress with another man and wounds her. Pérez and a few others rob an old man while riding on their motorcycles. Perdomo and a bunch of bushwhackers plan to rob a bank. Pérez sees a friend of his smoking pot while Peralta visits a cousin of his and has sex with her. Perdomo’s father, recently elected a communist representative wants to talk him out of his violent ways. Pérez sleeps with three girls and remembers how he once killed a man in the middle of a robbery. Peralta and his friends shoot dogs just for fun. Perdomo and his pals…
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 4 July 1973
- Original title
- Cuando quiero llorar no lloro
- Country
- Venezuela, Mexico
- Written by
- Román Chalbaud, Mauricio Walerstein
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What When I Want to Cry, I Don't is based on
When I Want to Cry, I Don't is adapted from a novel.
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When I Want to Cry, I Don't runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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When I Want to Cry, I Don't isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 July 1973. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
If you liked When I Want to Cry, I Don't, try The Public Eye, The Parts You Lose, Blood Ties.
Who directed When I Want to Cry, I Don't?
When I Want to Cry, I Don't (1973) was directed by Mauricio Walerstein and stars Orlando Urdaneta, Valentín Trujillo, Pedro Laya.
What is When I Want to Cry, I Don't based on?
When I Want to Cry, I Don't is adapted from a novel.