Just Like a Woman Page #6

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
70 Views


anything together.

Ten years, not

even a child.

Ten years wasted.

Sweet bird...

I'm sorry.

We can work this out.

Just come back.

We can work this out.

You can keep the house

if you can afford the rent.

Keep everything in it.

Goodbye, Harvey.

Don't say that,

don't hang up... Marilyn...

Marilyn, don't okay...

Don't, don't hang up...

(phone disconnects)

(sobbing)

(cell phone ringing)

(ringing stops)

I'm so sorry.

Come on.

(music playing)

(laughing)

(Singing in foreign language)

You want children?

Yeah.

Three,

maybe four.

I better hurry up.

Nearly 30,

single.

You?

Me, I can't become

a mother.

I... tried

for five years.

Did you see

a doctor?

Not really, no.

So how do you know

it's you?

Maybe it's

your husband who can't...

(scoffing)

Men in

my country they always can.

Yeah, my Mother-in-law

used to say that.

Maybe you should

try with somebody else.

(chuckling)

You're crazy.

I know.

You look like you

could be a mother.

You think so?

For sure.

You'll be a mother

before I am.

If I don't spend

the rest of my life in jail.

Hello.

Hello.

Hey.

Hi, I'm Tribal Security.

Is there

a problem?

Yes, this is an Indian

reservation.

You can't be

camping here.

Oh, we didn't know,

I'm sorry.

We can

leave right away.

There's no camping allowed

on Indian reservations.

Oh, we didn't know,

I'm sorry.

There is a place

where you can camp.

It's off the reservation.

It has actual facilities

on there.

Okay, great, thanks Okay?

Hi, what's your name?

Mona?

Mona, where

you from Mona?

From Chicago.

Okay, where y'all

headed to?

We just drove

down from Chicago.

We're just on a trip,

a road trip.

Okay, okay,

that's fine.

I can show you where

the campground is.

Thanks, that's

great, okay.

Yeah, we'll just

pack up our stuff and...

Okay.

It's beautiful.

Yes, here we are.

Okay, tomorrow we're

celebrating a feast day

and it is our tradition that we

invite a newcomer to our feast.

So y'all are welcome

to come.

Aw, we'd love to,

thank you.

Okay, great

Thanks.

Well, I'll be back here

tomorrow to pick you up.

Great.

Don't worry

he's not a cop.

We closed.

I gotta take a piss.

No-no, don't pee here, okay?

No-no, every day

you pee...

Go pee somewhere else.

Please, enough!

Enough, sir!

Excuse me,

Mr. Mourad.

Salam.

Question, sir.

Do you recognize

this woman?

Yes, she's a customer.

Mona knew her,

they were friends.

Did they hang

out together?

No, never, no-no.

Mona went

out only with me.

You know, we'd go buy

some clothes.

Or go to the movies.

That's it.

They call each

other on the phone?

No-no, no-no,

here in the shop.

Can you tell us

anything about her?

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