Just Like a Woman Page #4

Synopsis: Mona (Golshifteh Farahani), 26, an immigrant from North Africa, runs her in-laws' mini market in Chicago. She's married to Mourad, a man who can't stand up to his authoritarian mother. Mona is harassed by her mother-in-law because after five years of marriage, she hasn't been able to get pregnant, something that's considered a shame and a taboo in her culture. Marilyn (Sienna Miller), 29, is a receptionist at a computer repair company. Her marriage with Harvey is on the ropes. The only thing in her life that makes her happy is her belly dance class, a passion shared by Mona. Dancing at family gatherings lifts her spirits up and makes her forget the misery of her daily life. Marilyn shops at Mona's mini-market. They've become friends. One morning, Mona's mother-in-law is found dead in her bed. Mona realizes that she mixed the wrong dose while preparing her medicine. Realizing that she might be accused of murder, Mona runs away and flees Chicago by bus. Marilyn loses her job because of t
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Rachid Bouchareb
Production: Cohen Media Group
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
7%
R
Year:
2012
87 min
Website
140 Views


We'll leave

Chicago.

And we can

adopt children.

We should have done

that before.

I'm not gonna

go back to you, Mourad

Why, why, Mona?

I don't care

about children, okay?

I don't care.

She ruin her life

with this.

Maybe I'm the one

who can't have them.

I never had the courage

to tell her.

And I didn't

stand up for you enough.

No, you did, I...

I loved you,

I loved you.

So, so, so let's try again,

okay, somewhere else?

You and me, okay?

No Mourad,

it's over.

We cannot build a new life

over your mother's death?

Why?

Anyway, I'm coming back

to Chicago.

I'm gonna turn

myself in, just...

inform the police.

No, Mona, don't do that,

don't do that, okay, let...

(phone disconnects)

Mona!

Oh.

(church bell ringing)

(music playing)

Okay, thank you.

Okay, O'Connor!

(woman)

Your name please?

O'Connor.

And where you

from?

Chicago.

You have two

minutes.

(music playing)

This certificate is

for Marilyn.

Okay.

And... would you say goodbye

to her for me?

Yes.

Hello, Jack.

Hey.

How you doing?

Fine, how you doing?

She needs a ticket

to Chicago.

The train leaves

in three hours.

I'll get it ready.

Okay.

Okay, Jack's gonna

take care of you.

Thank you

for everything.

You're welcome.

Take care of yourself.

Be safe.

Mona!

You weren't gonna

say goodbye?

They'll never believe the dance

they saw today was me.

Where you going?

Chicago.

Then I'm going

with you.

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