CERN CineClub - Brides (Nyfes)

Thursday 2 Oct 2014, 20:00 → 22:08 Europe/Zurich

CERN

Directed by Pantelis Voulgaris

Greece, 2004, 128 minutes

In 1922, with the Greco-Turkish War and the Russian Civil War, the women from these countries find husbands in the United States through correspondence with immigrants. The bride Eleni returns from the United States to Samothrace, Greece, since she has not adapted to life in America. Her sister Nikki is assigned as her replacement and travels aboard the SS King Alexander to New York to marry the Greek immigrant Prodromos in Chicago. Nikki works hard sewing along the trip for the passengers and crew. She becomes a leader of the brides and discovers the scheme of the crook Karabulat from Georgia with the Russian brides. She also falls in love with the American photographer Norman. But Nikki is committed with Prodromos and she knows the consequences for her family in Samothrace if she runs away with Norman.

Original version Greek/English/Russian/Turkish/Italian; English subtitles