The Purple Rose of Cairo
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Woody Allen |
| Cast | Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann |
| Genre | Fantasy romantic comedy-drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Purple Rose of Cairo | – |
| Español | La rosa púrpura de El Cairo | La rosa púrpura de El Cairo |
| Français | La Rose pourpre du Caire | La Rose pourpre du Caire |
| Deutsch | The Purple Rose of Cairo | – |
| Português | A Rosa Púrpura do Cairo | A Rosa Púrpura do Cairo |
| Italiano | La rosa purpurea del Cairo | La rosa purpurea del Cairo |
| Русский | Пурпурная роза Каира | Purpurnaya roza Kaira |
| 中文（简体） | 开罗紫玫瑰 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 開羅紫玫瑰 | – |
| 한국어 | 카이로의 붉은 장미 | Kairo-ui Bulgeun Jangmi |
| ไทย | The Purple Rose of Cairo | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Bông hồng tím Cairo | Bong hong tim Cairo |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Purple Rose of Cairo | – |
| 日本語 | カイロの紫のバラ | Kairo no Murasaki no Bara |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which cinematic escape and irreversible reality collide within a life deprived of agency.
■ Synopsis
A lonely woman’s refuge in cinema becomes unstable when fantasy crosses into her real life.
■ RECIPE Tags
#EscapeAndReality #CinemaAsRefuge #IllusionCollapse #AgencyThroughDisillusion
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Life replaced by fantasy
Reason: Cinema functions as a shelter from poverty, neglect, and emotional confinement.
Related Film: The Truman Show - Middle: Fiction entering reality
Reason: The boundary between imagined salvation and lived consequence is broken.
Related Film: Pleasantville - Core: Disillusion as return
Reason: The imagined rescue fails, leaving reality unchanged but perception altered.
Related Film: The Wizard of Oz
■ Secondary Axes
- Performer and image: The gap between the idealized figure and the real person becomes decisive.
Related Film: Singin’ in the Rain - Spectatorship: Watching becomes a substitute life until the viewer is forced back into choice.
Related Film: Cinema Paradiso
■ Person
- Director: Woody Allen
- Cast: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Dianne Wiest, Edward Herrmann
■ Structural Tags
#RealityBoundary #SpectatorTransfer #IllusionReturn
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1985Film #FantasyComedyDrama
