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posted 16 years ago by mig_tee
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Why is the title "the purple rose of cairo"? i dont get it..

[–] mikeclaw 16 years ago

That's the title of the movie that Cecilia goes to see, the movie that Tom steps out of. His character in the movie she's watching is an adventurer in search of the mystical purple rose of Cairo, Egypt.