Nyfes (2004)

Original title

Νύφες

Directed by

Pantelis Voulgaris

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Greece

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

15

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 33 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1922, a Greek mail order bride is traveling to Chicago aboard a ship with hundreds of other women. She meets an American photographer and they fall in love, even though she is engaged and he is returning home to a broken marriage.

romanticlongingmelancholicpoignantslow-pacedvisually elegantbittersweetintimate

What happens

Brides (Greek: Νύφες, translit. Nyfes) is a 2004 Greek film directed by Pantelis Voulgaris. The film stars Victoria Haralabidou and Damian Lewis, and the photography is by Giorgos Arvanitis. Set in 1922, is the story of a mail order bride, one of 700, aboard the SS King Alexander, who falls in love with an American photographer. She is bound for her new husband, in Chicago, he is on his way home to a failed marriage. The film was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was supported by Martin Scorsese, who is credited as executive producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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