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BRIDE FLIGHT

Director:

  Ben Sombogaart
  

Year Released:

  2008

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

3.5 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Anna Drijver
  Marc Klein Essink
  Elise Schaap
  Karina Smulders
  Waldemar Torenstra
Movie Haiku:Lush historical epic opens in 1953 when four Four Dutch strangers meet on a plane bound for New Zealand; decades later three are called back for the first funeral. Infused with immigrant energy, New Zealand prospers while individual life stories overlap. Drijver stars as "Esther," the Holocaust survivor who won Jan''''s heart while Rich had his eyes on "Ada" (Smulders). Screenplay by Marieke van der Pol.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  Yes

Jewish content?

  Yes

Haiku Posted:

  2011