Nyfes (Brides)

45% want to see it

In theaters Jul 09, 2005

Unrated, 2 hr. 8 min.

Movie Info

Cast: Damian Lewis, Victoria Charalabidou, Andrea Fereol, Evi Saoulidou, Dimitris Katalifos, Steven Berkoff, Irene Iglesi, Apostolos Totsikas, Evelina Papoulia, Liza Kouznetsova

Director: Pantelis Voulgaris

Rated: Unrated

Running Time: 2 hr. 8 min.

Genre: Art House & International, Drama

Theater Release: Jul 09, 2005

Synopsis: This drama, set in the 1920's, tells the stories of a mail order bride-- one of 700 aboard the SS King Alexander-- who falls in love with an American photographer. While she is bound for her new husband in New York, he is on his way home to a failed marriage.

Critic Reviews

Boyd van Hoeij, european-films.net
Has an impeccable technical package and unsullied performances, but its plot proceeds at the sluggish speed of the voyage across the Atlantic it so painstakingly portrays. More...
Andrew L. Urban, Urban Cinefile
Brides is a moving insight into many lives at their crossroads, young women sent by their families to the New World in the hope of a better life. More...
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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