The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)

Directors

Woody Allen

Cast

Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, John Wood, Deborah Rush, Edward Herrmann, Zoe Caldwell, Van Johnson, Dianne Wiest, Irving Metzman, Stephanie Farrow

The story

In 1935, during the Great Depression, New Jersey waitress Cecilia endures a wearying job and an abusive marriage to her unfaithful husband, Monk, feeling trapped with nowhere to turn. After losing her job, she distracts herself by going to the movies, where she finds herself rewatching The Purple Rose of Cairo with a particular focus on archaeologist side character Tom Baxter, who falls in love with a Copacabana singer in the film's story. Baxter notices Cecilia watching him and develops an attraction to the point where he addresses her directly and steps out of the film to run off with her, to the chagrin of the other, also sentient…

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