A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed when they emigrate to New Zealand as war brides.
Acting
Karina Smulders smolders through every repressed glance.
Cinematography
New Zealand landscapes practically audition for their own love story.
Costume
Post-war fashion that screams 'I have secrets and good tailoring.'
Director
Ben Sombogaart
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1953 London-Christchurch air race was real, and Dutch women did emigrate as war brides—though the film compresses decades of colonial tension into personal melodrama.
Rutger Hauer insisted on playing Old Frank despite being barely older than his 'younger' counterpart; the age makeup budget wept.
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