| Title |
Bride flight / Beta Cinema presents an IDTV Film ; producers, Aton Smit and Hanneke Niens ; screenplay Marieke van der Pol ; director, Ben Sombogaart. |
| OCLC |
ocn750591173 |
| ISBN/ISSN |
736211212450 |
| Music number |
MBFHE-023 Music Box Films |
| Publisher |
[United States] : Music Box Films, [2011] |
| Description |
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
War brides -- New Zealand -- Drama.
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Women -- Drama.
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Dutch -- New Zealand -- Drama.
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Female friendship -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Historical films.
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Romance films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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| System details note |
This Blu-ray disc requires a Blu-ray player and will not play in standard DVD players. |
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Blu-ray, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD master audio. |
| Cast |
Karina Smulders, Waldemar Torenstra, Anna Drijver, Pleuni Touw, Petra Laseur. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Piotr Kukla ; editor, Herman P. Koerts ; music, Jeannot Sanavia. |
| Target audience |
Rating: R; for a strong sex scene and some graphic nudity. |
| Summary |
A lavish romantic drama that charts the lives of three women who escape the gloom of post-WWII Holland for what they hope will be a better life in New Zealand. Ada, Marjorie, and Esther become fast friends during the long flight taking them to their waiting husbands. Upon arrival, they part ways to start their new lives, but their paths continue to cross with chance meetings resulting in adultery, betrayal, and near tragedy leading up to a reunion 50 years later. |
| Language note |
Dutch dialogue; English subtitles. |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
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