This evening Jerome, Shari, Anne, and I watched The Terminal. I really enjoyed it, but probably a bit more than the others…of course, I tend to be a bit more, uh, vocal, in my laughter. Anyway, it is loosely based upon the real-life travails of an Iranian refugee stranded in Paris.
Unlike most urban legends, the one about the Iranian exile stuck at the Paris airport for 15 years is true. Surrounded by a mountain of his possessions near the Paris Bye Bye lounge at Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Merhan Karimi Nasseri is still there after all these years — a celebrity homeless person.
