Plot
Two women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a secret: she's a fugitive from justice - accused of her mother-in-law's death.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 6.1/10 (278 voted)
Director:Rachid Bouchareb
Storyline
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 be 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 ...
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two friends - one journey - no limits
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Filming Locations: Hollis, Oklahoma, USA
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Rating: 3/10
I think your chances of enjoying this movie increases if you're not
burdened by having a penis and/or a brain.
The central theme seems to be that most males (except for a gay dance
instructor) are complete and utter misogynistic assholes and perverts,
not to mention racists. The two girls technically look good dancing, of
course, but this movie is so full of self-righteousness and feministic
self-pity that it somehow manages to make even a pair as gorgeous as
these two come across as almost completely devoid of any sexiness. Of
course, that's probably the last thing they're aiming to be -- I'm just
warning any fellow male viewers out there who somehow think this movie
is a good source for eye-candy. It's really not. Most characters are
stereotypical caricatures and you're left with little else than the
clear impression that the writers want to inform you that it's not easy
to a be a woman, and especially not a non-caucasian immigrant woman.
Which I'm sure is correct, to some extent, but it makes for a
god-awful, hysterically untertaining(TM) movie.
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