Black Velvet

A troubled fashion model visits her wealthy friend in Egypt, where she encounters a mysterious spiritual leader and forms a bond with her friend's carefree daughter, all while struggling with her controlling husband. Glamorous, but passive and browbeaten fashion model Laura and her abusive photographer husband Carlo go to Egypt to visit Laura's wealthy friend Crystal. While staying at Crystal's palatial abode Laura befriends Crystal's free-spirited daughter Pina and falls under the charismatic spell of shifty spiritual guru Horatio. —Woodyanders