Bride Flight at AFI EU Filmshowcase

November 18 - November 21, 2010

A sweeping melodrama loosely based on the lives of three young women who traveled on the KLM flight that won the last Great Air Race from London to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1953. Dubbed the "Bride Flight," many of its passengers were young Dutch women on their way to join their already-settled fiances. Shy country girl Ada, sensible Marjorie and sophisticated Esther are from different backgrounds and have different motivations for emigrating, but quickly become friends as they adjust to their new lives. Fifty years later, at the funeral of a fellow "Bride Flight" passenger, Frank, they learn just how intertwined their lives have really been. (Courtesy of 2010 Seattle International Film Festival)

DIR Ben Sombogaart; SCR Marieke van der Pol; PROD Hanneke Niens, Anton Smit. Netherlands/Luxembourg, 2008. In English and Dutch with English subtitles.