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%
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Year:
2012
87 min
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beat her?

What kind of question

is this?

What do you mean?

I don't understand

your question.

It's a question.

Do your mother

beat your wife?

Relax.

Yes or no, did your mother

beat your wife?

You beat your wife?

Do you beat

your wife?

(woman) Can you please excuse us?

I'd like to

see you outside.

Hey, what

time is it?

Why are you pushing

him so hard?

What? Why are you pushing him so hard?

It's gonna seem

prejudicial in court.

Well, it's our word

against his.

It doesn't help us.

I don't like him.

Mr. Suni?

Do you have any clue of

your wife's whereabouts?

Could she be with

her family?

She has nobody here,

I'm worried.

She never been

out of Chicago before.

Not even out of her

neighborhood.

Five years, she's never

been out of the neighborhood?

Is that normal?

Um...

C'est la vie.

Are you finished

with me?

Yeah.

We'll be in touch.

(percussive music playing)

(music stops)

(sighing)

I should have started

ten years ago.

Samia Gamal, she

danced until she was 55.

Really?

Um-hm.

And did you know that she was

married to a Texan billionaire?

When?

In the '50s,

in Egypt.

Their marriage

didn't last long.

They divorced.

(chuckling)

I don't know if

I'm gonna get in.

You will.

Your choreography should be

special and different.

(cell phone ringing)

(shouting)

Marilyn!

(gasping)

(coughing)

You can't swim?

No.

Why'd you do it?

I don't know.

You gonna file for

a divorce?

I don't know.

Mourad never stand up

for me in front of his mother.

I see my Mother-in-law,

three maybe four times a year?

I can't believe

you actually live with her.

He was so

kind to me.

He never hurt me.

I would've killed

myself without him.

Were you in love with him

when you married him?

I didn't

know him then.

God.

What difference

does it make?

I was crazy about Harvey,

look where it got me.

He was

cheating on me.

Are you gonna

divorce him?

I don't know.

I don't know how

to forgive him.

(cell phone ringing)

We got another gig

for tonight.

Let's do it.

Let's do it.

Oh! (man) Ladies, on stage!

(man)

At this time, in this place

I want y'all to give

it up for two...

belly dancers.

For the one and only

Miss Mona and Miss Marilyn!

(cheering)

(music plays)

(cheering)

(man shouting)

Come on, girl!

All right, girl.

Let me

help you out here.

All right.

(cheering and applause)

(man)

Yeah, go, girl!

(cheering)

Give it up for

Mona and Marilyn!

Give it up, Mona

and Marilyn!

(cheering and whistling)

(man)

All right.

(humming)

Well, little darling.

Hey.

That's quite a dance

y'all got going on.

You do any, uh,

private dancing?

Just thought I'd ask,

you know.

What is with

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