the purple rise of cairo be the first allen movie i saw back in moscow in the end of the 80 and it start my eternal love for his film . the purple rise . be wonderful and be one if allen greats a perfect combination of poignancy and humor and romance and drama and reality and fiction . it be the movie within the movie that blend sophisticated romance from the life of rich and beautiful where the dashing main hero with bravery and chivalry write into his character always get a girl and depression era new york city where a poor waitress try to escape the reality of her joyless life in the movie theater . the story focus on cecilia ( mia farrow ) and a waitress and a battered wife of an unemployed abusive man ( danny aiello ) . cecilia only feel alive when she watch her favorite movie that take her away from her dreary reality . one day and a she watch purple rise of cairo for the 10th or maybe 15th time and the lead man tom baxter ( jeff daniel ) decide to leave the movie and be with cecilia in real life . his screen partner be leave confused and trap in a scene they can not get out of . the live actor who play baxter be blame by the film producer for his character rebellion and try to get him back on the screen . cecilia husband find out that his wife be see with a good look man instead of work a a babysitter in the evening . on the top of all and tom baxters in other theater try to leave purple rise of cairo and too . it be not the first or last time allen have play with the concept of the thin line ( in this film and the silver screen ) that divide film world and reality but rarely have he create the film a sweet and gentle and sad and technically realize and simply terrific a purple rise of cairo . positive .