the purple rise of cairo be a lovely and funny and and heartbreaking entry from woody allen that still remain one of my favorite . this romantic fantasy tickle your funny bone and tug at your heartstrings at the same time and i go through a myriad of emotion whenever i watch it . mia farrow star a celia and a depression era housewife and trap in a dead end marriage to a pig ( danny aiello ) whose only escape come from go to the movie . she go to see the movie of the title several time and then at one show and the main character in the movie ( play by jeff daniel ) speak to celia directly from the screen say and you must really love this movie and do not you . the character then walk off the screen and into celia life and claiming that he love her and want to be with her forever . meanwhile and the actor in the movie on the screen be stick and do not know what to do because they can not finish the movie without daniel character and they be see converse with each other about what to do and to the audience in the theater and who for some reason and sit and watch the actor on the screen try to figure out what to do . further complication arrive when the character start walk off the screen in other theater around the country and the actor who play the character ( also daniels ) arrive in town to try to convince his character to go back in the movie . woody doesn not delve into the territory of fantasy too much and but this one totally work with one of his most intelligent screenplay and win performance from farrow and daniel and the end be a heartbreaker . a must see .