Finally an adult love story

[deleted]

This movie sucked. Period. There was so little to read, "between the lines," or elsewhere. The acting was stiff, and Juliette (who we're supposed to believe is some world-famous writer for Vogue) is an idiot. She shows no sophistication, bouncing from walking through the streets of Cairo practially showing her breasts, to taking a bus to Gaza, unannounced, to "find her husband." Anyone who thinks this movie was "deep" doesn't know what the definition of "deep" is.

If you want a show about Cairo (which is FAR dirtier and chaotic than how it was portrayed in this movie, by the way - I know, I lived there for two years in the 90's), watch "Travels with Rudy Maxa" instead.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film. Yes, there were moments that seemed to drag, but that gets to the point made about 'Cairo time.'

spoiler alert -
I felt that when they came back from the wedding and she invited him to 'tea' that was when the physical romance would bloom. But again, reading between the lines, when he moved to kiss her and she moved back, he as a gentleman and given his own principles stopped. When she moved forward he did not move to kiss her, respecting her reservations. That long moment of stillness. I feel only had she kissed him would it have continued further.

I found her going to see the pyramids - the one thing she told everyone she was waiting for her husband to do - was her 'infidelity.' It wasn't physical, it was emotional.

And her confusion at her husband's arrival was the conflict of the two worlds.

I also felt that scene in the lobby was awkward. If the two men were such friends why was it so odd and strained? Or was that their guilt at being 'caught' although technically, nothing had transpired.

And was Tareq's heart broken again? Is he alone because he falls for the women he cannot have?

I thought it was a beautiful movie - both in the story and in the visual. It was a beautiful love story - but very vague in my opinion. The description of the movie - says PASSIONATE LOVE STORY. I didn't see PASSIONATE. I don't have to see nudity or a lot of jumping in and out of bed. But an occasional kiss or holding hands or a loving look - would be nice.

What I did see was an adult friendship growing and at the very end saw what could have become a love story.

But in my opinion it hadn't gotten to PASSIONATE.

I think that was the problem of this movie. It doesn't need to be consummated love, but it was passionless. There was no spark there, especially from Patricia's character, she was so bland. & believe me, there have been plenty of quiet simmering unconsummated love stories with more passion & life than what we saw in this film.


OPEN YOUR EYES! dailymotion.com/video/xbi2hi_1993-chandler-molestation-extortion_news

I thought this was one of the best movies I've seen in the last ten years. It was passionate in the way The Age of Innocence was passionate -- the characters felt tons of passion but didn't/couldn't act on it.

I thought there was very little wrong with this movie.

I can see how middle-aged people would appreciate it more than young people. Older people can appreciate the constraints, the repressed longing, the weighing of priorities, the disappointment, and the sense of losing an opportunity forever, -- and the reflectiveness -- more than a 20-year old can.

Maybe the age gap has a lot to do with the differences of opinion on this page.

The looks of anguish and grief on both their faces, when Patricia's in the elevator and after the doors close, show how much they loved each other.

on what planet did she cheat?

btw i loved that the pyramids were used as the 'cheating'---genius!