Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2011
Runtime: 120
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Director: Ben Sombogaart
Plot: Spanning over five decades, BRIDE FLIGHT is inspired by the true story of the 1953 “Last Great Air Race” London-Christchurch (NZ), and follows Esther (Anna Drijver), Ada (Karina Smulders) and Marjorie (Elise Schaap), three young women who, eager to escape post-WWII Holland, emigrate to New Zealand for what they hope will be a better life. On the plane trip overseas – dubbed the “Bride Flight” – the three become fast friends and meet Frank, a dashing young man (played by Waldemar Torenstra and Rutger Hauer – Blade Runner/Hobo with a Shot Gun – in his later years) who will come to play a critical role in each of their lives. They all part ways on arrival in their new country as two of the women’s fiancés await them – but their paths continue to cross in the years to come in life-altering ways.