Nyfes (2004)

Director:

Pantelis Voulgaris

Writer:

Ioanna Karystiani (written by)

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (Greece)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

It's not a punishment to remember someone you love. The punishment is to forget.

Plot:

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 New York; he is on his way home to a failed marriage. |

Plot Keywords:

Mail Order Bride | Photographer | Ship | Forbidden Love | One Word Title

Awards:

5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Damian Lewis	...	Norman Harris
Victoria Haralabidou	...	Niki Douka
Andréa Ferréol	...	Emine
Evi Saoulidou	...	Haro
Dimitris Katalifos	...	Captain
Eirini Inglesi	...	Ms. Kardaki (as Irene Iglessi)
Evelina Papoulia	...	Marion Gibson
Steven Berkoff	...	Karabulat
Apostolis Totsikas	...	Nikolas
Liza Kouznetsova	...	Olga
Eleni Roussinou	...	Yelena
Giorgos Makris	...	Prodromos
Olga Damani	...	Niki's Mother
Evangelia Adreadaki	...	Niki's Godmother (as Vangelio Andreadaki)
Yannis Totzikas	...	Haro's Grandfather

Also Known As:

Νύφες (Greece)
Brides (International: English title)
Les mariées (France)

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

Greece | USA | France

Language:

English | Greek | Russian | Turkish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Malaysia:U | Australia:MA (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Andros, Greece

Company:

Alco Films

Quotes:

Niki Douka: [in Greek] You have such beautiful eyes.
Norman Harris: What did you say?
Niki Douka: It's smells like it's going to rain.

Movie Connections:

References Titanic (1997)

Soundtrack:

Klemmena filia

Awesome love story, doramertz

My English are not very well but I'll try. This is a movie that I really love. It moves me a lot and contains some so wonderful scenes and quotes that I'll remember for years. Of course I have the special edition of DVD and I've seen it again and again. The movie has the most powerful erotic moment that I saw in cinema for a long time now – so far from the cliché and stereotypes of Hollywood. Her shoe, his hand, their eyes! Nothing more. No sweet words, no unnecessary movements. Just a touch and a look. The performances are very emotional and the same time realistic, the direction of Pantelis Voulgaris strong and precise and the music haunts you many hours after the viewing. And don't forget that the movie tell us some true events that happened at the early of 1900. Imagine a women (700 in the movie) who travel with an old ship cross the Atlantic (when till then she never goes farther 1 km from her poor village). She's going to a foreign country, an unknown future and a stranger husband with only some clothes and the photograph of him. She is clever, dynamic and good looking, and in spite of all that marks she accepts her destiny, against to her heart and her deepest feelings, because the family and the traditional values have the first priority in her choices. After "Brides" I feel deeply grateful for the fact that I am a citizen of 21 century and in a democracy which NOW respect the women as equal as the men. I recommend you strongly this film.