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“ NYFES" – THE BRIDES
 "Brides
- Nifes" is the story about Niki (Charalambidou) a dressmaker from
Samothraki and the American photographer Norman (Lewis) in the
summer of 1922 in Smyrni.
Niki is one of the 700 ‘mail-order’ brides who are being chosen off
a photo and come from every edge of Greece, Turkey, Russia, Armenia
and all of them carry the picture of an unknown groom who’s waiting
for them and their wedding-dress in their suitcases. Some of them
emigrate through agencies, others through orphanages or church
constitutions. Niki is travelling to find and marry Prodromos, a
tailor she never met in the place of the sister who couldn’t stand
living in foreign lands and returned home anyhow. In this ship, the
"SS-KING ALEXANDER", Norman travels as well where a concealed love
between the two develops under-way. A romance against the ‘do’s and
don’t do’s’ of the era. A much afflicted and turbulent era.
Excellent film. Characters well developed. Visually, a beautiful
film: from the sky and the sea of the Greek islands to the smallest
detail of the wedding dresses of the brides from many different
places. The sexual tension builds between the two main characters in
a believable way as they carefully develop their relationship,
respectful of each other and ever aware of the invisible boundaries
that separate them. The film is imagined from a true historical
event which lends poignancy to the plot. It gives great insight into
Greek culture on things such as life on the Greek islands at that
time in history and the importance of family honor in Greek
families. It also addresses issues that we struggle with in our
modern world. I hope you will be able to see it. It's well worth the
time invested.
"The
acclaimed director Pantelis Voulgaris in collaboration with Martin
Scorsese (Executive Producer) offers his spectacular new film,
accompanied by a wonderful and nostalgic score composed by Stamatis
Spanoudakis. ‘Brides’ the 11th film directed by Greek Director
Pantelis Voulgaris and produced by Martin Scorsese.
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