Magazine editor Juliette Grant (Patricia Clarkson) has arrived in Cairo to see her husband Mark. He's delayed in Gaza and she gets picked up at the airport by UN security officer Tareq Khalifa (Alexander Siddig).
This is good for some leisure time with Cairo or Patricia Clarkson. Cairo is exotic. Clarkson is lovely. Siddig is not always there for the first half. That makes that half an interesting excursion with some interesting detours. The second half has more Siddig and I become uncertain. She is married after all. If anything, she longs to be with her husband more. Therefore it's not possible to ship these two. The question becomes where is the drama? What is the drama? Is there drama? In the end, it's not the letter, or the companion, or the reunion. It is being there.
This is good for some leisure time with Cairo or Patricia Clarkson. Cairo is exotic. Clarkson is lovely. Siddig is not always there for the first half. That makes that half an interesting excursion with some interesting detours. The second half has more Siddig and I become uncertain. She is married after all. If anything, she longs to be with her husband more. Therefore it's not possible to ship these two. The question becomes where is the drama? What is the drama? Is there drama? In the end, it's not the letter, or the companion, or the reunion. It is being there.