History Film / ThePurpleRoseOfCairo

* Fatal Flaw: Cecilia’s are her naïveté and her inability to roll with reality’s punches. She acts without [[DidntThinkThisThrough thinking through her decisions]]; daydreams and is wistful to have a romantic, cinematic life to the point she can’t focus on her work or have contingency plans to live independently or financially sound; and she often (though not always) takes people’s words at face value without considering the possibility of ulterior motives. [[spoiler: Which potentially end up costing her]].

* CruelTwistEnding: [[spoiler:Convinced that Gil is going to take her away to Hollywood, Cecelia finally works up the nerve to leave Monk... and then when she goes back to the movie theater to meet Gil, she learns that he's already gone back to Hollywood - he only pretended to love her so that she would convince Tom Baxter to return to his film.]]

''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' is a 1985 American romantic fantasy comedy film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen, starring Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/JeffDaniels, and Danny Aiello.

* YourCheatingHeart:
** Monk has had several affairs in the past.
** Cecilia feels guilty for dating Tom because of her marriage to Monk.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Cecilia leaves her husband once and for all and plans to run away with Gil. He stands her up and was only using her to get Tom back into the movie where he belonged - where he is destroyed with all other prints of the film. Cecilia is left to cry alone in the movie theater as she watches the new film of the week, once again escaping her problems by trying to escape to fantasy again. Worse, Gil does seem to seriously regret screwing Cecilia over, flying back to Los Angeles.]]

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%% * DidNotGetTheGirl[=/=]DidNotGetTheGuy

* DoppelgangerReplacementLoveInterest: Played with. [[spoiler: And then subverted. Gil was never in love with Cecilia and only used her to convince Tom to go back into the movie.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Cecilia leaves her husband once and for all and plans to run away with Gil. He stands her up and was only using her to get Tom back into the movie where he belonged - where he is destroyed with all other prints of the film. Cecilia is left to cry alone in the movie theater as she watches the new film of the week, once again escaping her problems by trying to escape to fantasy again. Worse, Gil does seem to seriously regret screwing Cecilia over, flying back to Los Angeles.]]

* RefugeeFromTVLand: Tom walks out the film because he wants to meet Cecilia. [[spoiler: Later, Tom takes Cecilia back with him into the movie for a date.]]

''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' is a 1985 American romantic fantasy comedy film written and directed by Creator/WoodyAllen, and starring Creator/MiaFarrow, Creator/JeffDaniels, and Danny Aiello.

Tom's exit from the movie causes an uproar as the characters left in the film fight amongst themselves. Suddenly, Tom Baxters in other screenings are trying to leave their theaters and audiences have no idea how to handle it. Real life actor Gil Shepherd (also Jeff Daniels) is forced to track down his character Tom and convince him to go back into the movie. But Tom has fallen in love with Cecilia and she must decide whether to live a life of fantasy or reality.

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[[TheGreatDepression In 1930s New Jersey]], Cecilia (Mia Farrow) is a downtrodden waitress with [[DomesticAbuse an abusive husband]] and little to look forward to in her daily life. She escapes her troubles by going to the movies as often as she can and getting lost in beautiful love stories. In the latest movie, ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'', a charming archeologist named Tom Baxter (Creator/JeffDaniels) falls in love with a glamorous nightclub singer. After losing her job, Cecilia tries to raise her spirits by going to see the film another time. Unexpectedly, Tom Baxter [[TelevisionPortal walks right off the screen]] and into Cecilia's life.

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* DomesticAbuse: Cecilia and Monk both reference occasions when Monk got drunk and hit Cecilia. Monk defends his actions by saying he only hits Cecilia when she [[WouldHitAGirl "gets out of line"]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Cecilia leaves her husband once and for all and plans to run away with Gil. He stands her up and was only using her to get Tom back into the movie where he belonged - where he is destroyed with all other prints of the film. Cecilia is left to cry alone in the movie theater as she watches the new film of the week, once again escaping her problems by trying to escape to fantasy again.]]

[[TheGreatDepression In 1930s New Jersey]], Cecilia (Mia Farrow) is a downtrodden waitress with [[DomesticAbuse an abusive husband]] and little to look forward to in her daily life. She escapes her troubles by going to the movies as often as she can and getting lost in beautiful love stories. In the latest movie, ''[[ShowWithinAShow The Purple Rose of Cairo]]'', a charming archeologist named Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) falls in love with a glamorous nightclub singer. After losing her job, Cecilia tries to raise her spirits by going to see the film another time. Unexpectedly, Tom Baxter [[TelevisionPortal walks right off the screen]] and into Cecilia's life.