During the Great Depression in the United States in the 1930s, in a small town in New Jersey, the weak waitress Cecilia and her husband lost their jobs. Cecilia often went to the movies alone to kill her time. The adventure film of "The Purple Rose of Cairo" fascinated her deeply. When Cecilia saw the film for the fifth time, the actor Tomscreen suddenly walked off the screen, expressed his gratitude and love to her, and opened a movie theater with Cecilia. The film director and male lead Jill find Tom and persuade him to return to the movie world. Tom is unwilling to return to the screen world, but he is very uncomfortable with the real world. Cecilia also fell in love with Jill, a real person, and was in conflict. Tom is not a real person after all, but Jill is a Hollywood star. Both are obviously not good partners in life. In the end, Tom returned to the screen, Jill returned to Hollywood, and Cecilia returned to her husband with nothing
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The Purple Rose of Cairo movie plot
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Extended Reading
The Purple Rose of Cairo quotes
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Variety Reporter: You were great in "The Purple Rose of Cairo."
Gil Shepherd: Thanks. I was - did you know I was singled out by all the East Coast critics? Mm-hm. "The New York Times" said that I was - I had almost too smouldering a quality just to play comedy.
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Gil Shepherd: I created the character.
Gil's Agent: That's my point! As your agent, I would hate to see anything happen to your career now that it's starting to move.
Gil Shepherd: Like - like what?
Gil's Agent: Who knows? There's a double of you on the loose. What's he up to? Is he robbing banks? Is he raping broads?
Gil Shepherd: Is he?
Gil's Agent: Who knows?
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The Purple Rose of Cairo——The spiritual dilemma of "playing into the play" of all parties inside and outside the screen
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The Narrative of Meta-Film: When Screen and Reality Intertwine
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The Life of a Bohemian——Cecilia's Life Script
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The real wants their lives to be fictional, and the fictional people want their lives to be real
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they're in haven