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Cheating directors, writers

posted 13 years ago by lamont-hard
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This movie could have been so much enjoyable if the film makers had given more background on just what was her problem with the husband and just what was she seeking. This was a beautiful love story with out legs to stand on. We don't know if it was her being a lousy communicator to her hubby or was she the one who drove him into never being home, [she was workaholic] we don't know if she actually wanted love or was falling in love or happy to just have had someone listen or show kindness to her. Was she sad because she had to go back to the husband or having to courage to talk about there problems, was she thinking it would never work with our customs and on and on. They did not give anything we could resolve with facts to draw any conclusion. There are way to many film makers concerned of making a true old school love story and having it labeled something less than magnificent when all they have to do is deliver a love story where we understood what happened. I did not get the impression that the husband from what he said about not coming to Egypt to be there main issue. As I did also not get why would she even consider kindness from some one you just met to be he is the one for you with the vast differences of there cultures. The film did not even speak to no matter how nice he was eventually some of his customs would have come to surface which would have been life changing for her. and highly improbable for there relationship to work.

[–] jmarsh4036-1 13 years ago

This may be a life experience issue. It's can hard to put yourself in the shoes of another person but you can't put a disclaimer on a film saying only middle-aged women can see it.

So here's what I think. I think Juliette was at loose ends. She's at the point in her life when her children are grown and out of the house, and don't need her anymore. She's been married a long time and she tells the woman who takes her to the nomadic tribe that her husband is the only man she's ever been with. She loves him but may be feeling taken for granted. And she's of a certain age, she's wondering if she's still attractive.

She was attracted to Tareq because he was a gentleman, he was handsome, and he made her feel beautiful and special. She never really considered leaving her husband or moving to Eygpt. But she valued the way he made her feel.

[–] lamont-hard 13 years ago

Good points, as i may stand to be corrected, you put a great spin on this movie and I can see where you are coming from, really i do. But this is a major concern that I have where there are some film makers who try to hard for something beautifully illustrated instead of telling a story with out a complicated ending. Her crying could have meant so many things and if there is enough confusion then to me they have miss the mark as the story they write is not understood by enough viewers to have registered as a good film.But something where the viewers leave the theatre scratching there heads wondering just what was the meaning.

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[–] ObstinateAnnette 13 years ago

Good grief! Some people have to have everything spelled out for them. Draw your own conclusions.

The way I saw it, she loved her husband dearly (judging from their phone calls early in the film). She was lonely and alienated in a foreign land, and met and got to know a devastatingly handsome, attentive, sexy gentleman who paid her lots of attention. There was clearly chemistry between them, but because of the cultural differences and the fact that she was married (to his close friend), it would never have worked. This was pointed out in detail during their conversation about Yasmeen.

Finally, she was crying in the taxi because she was hurting. She had true feeling for Tariq, but it would never work (see above). She walks into the sunset with her husband. The End.

Btw, there was no cheating in this movie. People can't help what they feel inside. It's how they act on those feelings that matters.

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[–] chicago85 10 years ago

She loved her husband. She even tried to go to where he was on a bus load of Arab workers. She was turned back by soldiers who were very unsympathetic. She was trying to reach a volatile area where open conflict can boil over even the smallest incident.

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