Just Like a Woman Page #3

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%
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Year:
2012
87 min
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(sobbing)

Mona?

Will you

come with me?

Okay.

Hey, I need to dial this

Moroccan restaurant

in Belleville.

Will you

dial it for me?

It's under Tarek.

What's that...

Tarek?

T-a-r-e-k, Tarek.

Here, it's ringing.

Yes, can I

speak to Tarek?

Tarek, this is Marilyn,

I'm a friend of Peter.

Yeah, he told me you're looking

for a dancer for tonight?

You need two?

Yeah, there's

two of us.

Dinner and a room plus

a hundred each... great.

All right, we'll

be there.

Thank you.

Can you

find Belleville?

Sure.

It's somewhere

out there.

Will you

do it with me?

Marilyn...

I don't dance

in restaurants.

You think I do?

First time for

everything, right?

I get it, but... I need

the money.

I'm guessing

you do too.

Think about it... you'd be

doing me a favor.

This f***ing car

is a gas guzzler.

Think about it?

Sure.

Did you find

Belleville?

(dishes clanking)

(man)

Okay, listen.

You dance

with the customer.

You have good time

in the club of mine.

Okay... Come on, come on.

(applause)

(man shouting)

(music begins)

(clapping in unison)

(whistling)

$120 in tips

plus $100 each?

To think I spent seven years

doing a f***ed up job

when I could've

been dancing every night?

(knocking)

Hey.

Hey.

You guys did

fantastic job.

But there's one thing that

my customer doesn't like

blonde woman to dance,

so black wig... cool?

Dye it black?

Sure.

Okay.

What's up?

Here's a hundred

for you.

Go have some drink and leave me

with your friend here.

She's not interested.

How about you?

Listen to me, Mister.

We had a deal,

we kept our end of it.

Leave us alone or I'm

calling the cops.

What the f*** you

think you're talking about.

Do you think I'd be

afraid of cop?

This is my

f***ing house.

Easy, or I f*** you up!

(door slams)

Marilyn, Marilyn,

don't call the cops.

We need to

get out of here.

Get your stuff.

(cell phone ringing)

(birds chirping)

(grunting)

My mother never prepared

her medication herself.

Who did then?

My wife.

Did she prepare

it that evening?

I guess, yes.

Like every evening.

(man) The autopsy

reports were conclusive.

Your mother died of

an overdose of digoxin...

her heart medication?

Did your mother have any

reason to increase her dosage?

Where is your

wife, Mr. Suni?

I don't know,

she's gone.

When?

Just after my

mother died.

Did she tell you

where she was going?

No.

Do you have any reason

to believe

that she increased

the dosage on purpose?

No, no-no, she's

not a killer, no.

Did she have anything

against your mother?

There was a lot

of tense between them.

We... we couldn't

have children.

Did your mother

beat her?

What?

Did your mother

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