Nyfes (2004)

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.

Director:

Pantelis Voulgaris

Writer:

Ioanna Karystiani

Stars:

Damian Lewis, Victoria Haralabidou, Andréa Ferréol

5 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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
Elizaveta Kuznetsova	...	Olga (as Liza Kouznetsova)
Eleni Roussinou	...	Yelena
Yorgos Makris	...	Prodromos (as Giorgos Makris)
Olga Damani	...	Niki's Mother
Evangelia Adreadaki	...	Niki's Godmother (as Vangelio Andreadaki)
Yannis Totsikas	...	Haro's Grandfather

Storyline

In 1922, with the Greco-Turkish War and the Russia Civil War, the women from these countries find husband 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 the life in America. Her sister Niki Douka is assigned as her replacement and travels aboard the SS King Alexander to New York to marry the Greek immigrant Prodromos in Chicago. Nikki is a hard worker and works 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 Harris from Detroit. But Nikki is committed with Prodromos and she knows the consequence with her family in Samothrace if she runs away with Norman.

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Plot Keywords:

brides | photographer | greek | mail order bride | greek american | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Site [Greece]

Country:

Greece USA France

Language:

English Greek Russian Turkish Italian

Release Date:

22 October 2004 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Brides

Filming Locations:

Andros, Greece

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alco Films,Alpha TV,CL Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

128 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place in 1922.

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Quotes

Norman Harris: Where are you from?
Niki Douka: I am from a place I will never see again.

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Connections

Referenced in Fila ton vatraho sou: Episode #1.24 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Klemmena filia
Written by Stamatis Spanoudakis
Performed by Irontina

User Reviews

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.