Tonight I watched a little know movie from back in 2003. 'The Sleeping Dictionary', a historical romance, set to the background of 1930s British Imperialism in a remote jungle landscape and starring Jessica Alba, Hugh Dancy and Bob Hoskins. It was beautifully shot, the story at once sad, poignant and uplifting.
IMDB: In 1936, the expatriated young and naive just-graduated British John Truscott (Hugh Dancy) arrives to the Sarawak, a British colony, to work in the Iban society. The beautiful Selima (Jessica Alba) is assigned to be his "sleeping dictionary", to live and sleep with him and teach him the language and habits of the locals. The reluctant John and Selima fall in love for each other in a forbidden romance.
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