nov 10-14 2010 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

Eager to escape the damp and suffocating atmosphere of
post-war Holland, three young Dutchwomen Ada, Esther
and Marjorie look forward to a better life in New Zealand.
They meet on the immigration flight – the “Bride Flight”
– to their new country, where they are to join fiancés
and marry. During the flight, the three women form a
bond of friendship among themselves and with Frank,
an attractive young man who wants to set up a winery.
On their arrival, all four part company and start a new
life. Yet their paths continue to cross – Ada will one day
leave her children and her puritan husband for Frank,
an escape to freedom that is ultimately doomed. And the
single career woman Esther will give her unwanted child
Gabor and Tibi are hustlers on the make. Gabor’s a
narcissistic hunk with a knack for fleecing lovelorn
ladies. He works as a janitor so he can sift through
office trash, sniffing out sad women to be his next
targets. Gabor seems to have hit the jackpot when he
lands a job at a psychiatrist’s office. While snooping
through the doctor’s files, he discovers a beautiful
ballerina named Hanna, daughter of a millionaire, with
a knee injury so serious she may never dance again.
Gabor and Tibi set out to establish Gabor as a selfless
pediatrician so he can get Hanna an appointment
with a famous orthopedic surgeon, hoping she’ll be
Bride FliGht
Best Feature Film, Newport Beach Film Festival Sponsored by:
Thurs Nov 11 2:20 PM-4:35 PM Emily Abbott
FrI Nov 12 2:00 PM-4:15 PM Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
sAT Nov 13 12:15 PM-2:30 PM
suN Nov 14 10:10 AM-12:25 PM Barefoot Wines
to Marjorie and her husband after Marjorie suffers a miscarriage and
will probably never bear a child again. As the boy grows up, Marjorie
fears that Esther might break the pact of silence they made. An outing
that reunites all four friends and the boy turns into a near tragedy
that destroys one friendship, shatters a loving relationship, and nearly
costs the boy’s life. Only 50 years later do they all come together again,
perhaps closer now than ever before.
[dir. ben Sombogaart, 2009, netherlands, 35mm, 130 mins. in dutch and
English with English subtitles]
Website: www.muiscboxfilms.com/bride-flight
chaMeleon
(KaMeleon)
hungary’s entry into the Oscars for Sponsored by:
Best Foreign Language Film 2010
Thurs Nov 11 6:20 PM-8:10 PM Betty & Gary Grunder
FrI Nov 12 2:20 PM-4:10 PM
sAT Nov 13 8:50 PM-10:40 PM Hammerheads
so grateful she’ll give him her cash. Just as the orthopedic surgeon
starts making unwanted advances toward him, Gabor finds himself in
love with Hanna. Meanwhile, an actor whom Gabor has scammed into
thinking he’s a Hollywood producer shows up with threatening goons.
Now that Gabor’s web of lies is closing in on him, he can’t seem to
remember which part of himself is real and which is an illusion.
Chameleon is a stylish thriller.
[dir. Krisztina goda, 2009, Hungary, 35mm, 105 mins. in Hungarian with
English subtitles]
Website: www.kameleonfilm.hu
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