Following the success of "Slumdog Millionaire", Pinto signed up for two art house productions. In Woody Allen's comedy-drama "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger" (2010), she acted alongside Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Anupam Kher, and Naomi Watts. She played a "mystery woman" who draws the attention of the character played by Brolin. Premiering at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, the film received mixed reviews upon its release. Pinto then starred in Julian Schnabel's "Miral" (2010), based on a semi-biographical novel by Rula Jebreal, playing an orphaned Palestinian woman who grew up in a refugee camp in Israel. Before the film's production began in the Palestinian territories, Pinto prepared for the role by visiting several refugee camps in the area. She stated that she could relate to her character's experiences because of her knowledge about her relatives' experiences during the partition of India in the 1940s. The film received largely negative reviews, and Pinto's performance divided critics: Geoffrey Macnab of "The Independent" wrote that "Miral ... is played very engagingly by Freida Pinto", while Peter Bradshaw of "The Guardian" stated that "[Pinto] looks uneasy and miscast".