The Purple Rose Of Cairo (1985)

Woody Allen directs Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels and Danny Aiello in this magical realist fantasy where a cinema-goer and a movie character start a romance in the Depression era.

One of Woody’s more vivid, self contained ones. Seems to be in conversation with the magic of cinema and the crush of reality rather than his standard introspection. Sweet… until it isn’t… with one of the most quietly brutal endings ever in a “romcom”. Wonderful recreation of this era on a smaller budget.

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