Immigration in Greek Cinema: CLOSING NIGHT

Supported by Closing film ‘BRIDES’ (PG)

Wed Sep 10 @ 6.45pm

Price: Adults $11/ Concessions $9
Bookings: (02) 9550 3666
Mode: GA Theatre Mode (No Reserved Seating)
Tickets: On sale now @ Factory Theatre; Buy tickets online

BRIDES: by Pantelis Voulgaris, Executive Producer Martin Scorcese.Starring - Damian Lewis, Victoria Haralabidou, Andréa Ferréol, Winner Best Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Fiction Film. 2004 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Nominated for Golden St George 2005 Moscow International Film Festival.

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

Set in 1922, Brides is the story of Niki, a seamstress from Samothrace on her way to America with 700 other mail order brides aboard the SS King Alexander. On the ship she falls in love with Norman, an American photographer. But Niki is bound for her new husband in New York and Norman is on his way home to a failed marriage.

“Veteran Greek helmer Pantelis Voulgaris’ 10th feature, the primarily English-language “Brides,” is old-fashioned in both tone and virtues. Among the latter are a novelistic canvas, visual elegance, considerable charm, and romanticism that gains fervor via courtly restraint… production is handsome and appealing enough to attract offshore distributors, especially where older auds can still be enticed to arthouses.

A rare non-multinational plush period piece, “Brides” jumps between continents to establish principal protags. The serious-minded Niki Douka (Victoria Charalabidou), long accustomed to making sacrifices in a family with too many single women, leaves her native island of Samothrace to wed a Greek tailor in Chicago – replacing the younger sister who couldn’t cope in the strange New World.

Voulgaris easily manages a quaint, retro atmosphere in which permission to tie a woman’s shoe holds great erotic charge.” –Variety

ABOUT “IMMIGRATION IN GREEK CINEMA” SEPT 2-10

Join us at the Factory Theatre between Sept 2 –Sept 10 for a memorable series of shorts, docos, B&W gems, and contemporary features, exploring the theme of immigration in Greek cinema from 1956-2007.

This very special film tribute series is curated by The Thessaloniki International Film Festival and brought to Sydney by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW as part of its celebrations for its 110th Australian anniversary.