Brides
Nyfes
Greece, United States, France
2004
121 Min
Color
Greek, English, Russian, Turkish
Synopsis
Martin Scorsese sits in as executive producer for this costume drama from acclaimed director Pantelis Voulgaris. The date is 1922, and a ship with 700 mail-order brides from Armenia, Greece, Turkey and Russia is bound for American shores. The only thing would-be wife Niki knows about her future husband is that he’s a tailor in New York. But her chance meeting with an American photographer sparks a romance that could change both their destinies.
Director
Pantelis Voulgaris
Born in Athens in 1940 and studied at the Stavrakou Film school. He worked initially as an assistant director and made his first short The Thief, in 1965. He won his first award with the short film Jimmy, The Tiger (1966). This was followed by further distinctions at many festivals with his documentary The Goat Dance (1969) and his feature films Anna’s Engagement (1972) which won the FIPRESCI, Otto Dibelius and OCIC Awards at the Berlin Film Festival. Quiet Days in August (1990) won a mention by the Berlin Film Festival’s International Protestant Film Jury and was also selected to represent Greece as Best Film for the European Film Awards. Voulgaris is one of the most prominent directors of the “Greek New Wave” in 1960’s and 1970’s. He has also directed several documentaries for Greek television and worked as stage director. —Festival on Wheels
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