June 8, 2011 its complete, grizzled, wistful frank rutger hauer says in the opening. A fateful plane trip leads to much drama in bride flight. One of the most expensive dutch films ever made, bride flight is best enjoyed. The films screenplay and the bestselling dutch novel bruidsvlucht on which it was. Bride flight ben sombogaart, elise schaap, petra laseur. A version of this article appears in print on june 10, 2011, section c, page 12 of. Bride flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape. Bride flight has some good performances, makes excellent use of the beautiful new zealand scenery and has one classic scene where ada is forced to ride in the back of a truck for several hours. The romantic drama bride flight charts the lives of three dutch women who travel to new zealand as war brides.
The trailer for this film tells of a passionate love affair between two people who. She also wrote the script for the movie adaptation of. I enjoyed the movie and its attempt to record the introduction of dutch culture sometimes. This dutch melodrama compels despite its formulaic. Bride flight gives a panoramic sweep of lives as theyre lived, as there is a lot of beauty in it. Bride flight is a 2008 film about three women and one man from the netherlands, who all start new lives in new zealand. In 1953, a flood adding to the aftermath of world war ii swells the numbers of dutch emigrants. The dutch plane in the race carries many dutch women flying to new zealand to meet current or prospective husbands, and the movie will follow the fortunes of three of them for many tumultuous years, using two actors to portray each of them as younger and. A forbidden love, an impossible choice, a secret pact. Bride flight is the sort of oldfashioned womens picture they stopped making around the time christina crawford had to put away the wire hangers. Bride flight 2011 two women fly on the klm flight that wins the 1953 air race from london to new zealand.
Published on dec 19, 2011 in this sweeping romantic epic, bridestobe marjorie, ada and esther become fast friends while traveling aboard the famous 1953 bride flight that brought young women. In 1953, frank meets three mail order brides on the socalled bride flight from london to new zealand. Jonah dreams of being able to fly away from his life in the housing commission. Rent bride flight 2008 starring karina smulders and pleuni touw on dvd and bluray.
Released june 10th, 2011, bride flight stars waldemar torenstra, pleuni touw, petra laseur, willeke van ammelrooy the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 10 min, and received a score of 60 out. During the flight the three young women befriend frank, a young man who is. Bride flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of postwwii holland for what. Bride flight is beautiful but predictable popmatters.
Bride flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of postwwii. Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2011 movies information online. Bride flight 2008 elise schaap in bride flight 2008 bride flight 2008 waldemar torenstra. Film a fateful plane trip leads to much drama in bride flight by michelle orange. Bride flight is a fictionalized story inspired by the last great air race a. Bride flight 2008 elise schaap in bride flight 2008 bride flight 2008. Rent bride flight 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Chicagos music box films distributed bride flight theatrically in the united states in early 2011 and is now. During the flight the three young women befriend frank, a young man who is also immigrating to. Bride flight is inspired by the true story of the 1953 last. We provide the complete list of 2011 movie releases by week of release. The sort of sweeping romantic saga rarely attempted on our shores these days, the dutch film bride flight should well please art house audiences. Bride flight is a lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of postwwii holland for what they hope will be a better life in new zealand.
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