'Bride Flight' opens in the Paris Theatre in NYC

The original 1953 flight. Photo: cover of Revue October 10th 1953, Nieuwe Revu.

Friday, June 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM (first screening)
The Paris Theater - New York, NY
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Bride Flight (2008) is a lavish romantic drama inspired by the true story of the 1953 KLM flight that won the “Last Great Air Race” from London to Christchurch. The flight was dubbed “Bride Flight” by the international press, because of its special passengers; 40 Dutch immigrants, most of them young women with wedding dresses in their suitcases, traveling to join their fiancés who had already emigrated to New Zealand. Leaving behind the gloom and scarcity of post-WWII Europe, shy but sensual farm girl Ada, dogmatic Marjorie, and Jewish fashion designer Esther are filled with hope for a future of love and freedom. Each takes a very different path in their strange new land, but together with handsome bachelor Frank, they form a bond on the flight that continues to link them for decades to come. Honored with Audience Awards at film festivals across the country, Bride Flight evokes a time of slim choices and desperate optimism, with sweeping views of the New Zealand countryside, stunning period dresses, and the faint smell of Pinot Noir from the thriving vineyard Frank establishes in New Zealand.

 Bride Flight (2008)

Directed by: Ben Sombogaart
Starring: Waldemar Torenstra, Karina Smulders, Anna Drijver, Elise Schaap, Rutger Hauer, Pleuni Touw.

Screenwriter: Marieke van der Pol also wrote the best-selling novel. 

A Music Box Films release.