In the early twentieth century, with the threat of persecution increasing, a young Jewish girl is sent overseas by her worried Russian family. Once she arrives in England, her identity and memory are stripped as she is re-named and given a new life. Ten years later, Suzie (Christina Ricci) leaves England for Paris to start a new life. While working in a prestigious opera company, she meets and falls in love with a gypsy horse-handler, Cesar (Johnny Depp). As the Nazi threat intensifies, Suzie is forced once again to flee the life she has created and leave all that she loves behind.

With an all-star cast, 'The Man Who Cried' is a touching tale of love, loss and one woman's search to find her place in an unstable time.