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Sugartown: The Bridegrooms
IDFA 2006

Sugartown: The Bridegrooms

Kimon Tsakiris
Greece, Germany
2006
82 min
International Premiere
Festival history
In the Greek village of Sugar Town, men have a serious problem. Women are fleeing the area in search of work or marriage in the big cities, leaving them behind- and lonely.Their cunning mayor, promises the men to find them wives in order to get re-elected. He contacts the mayor of the Russian town of Klin, who gathers 100 young women looking for foreign husbands.Against the odds and local traditions which frown upon mixed marriages, the men from Sugar Town set out on a great journey to find their future brides.
Credits
World Sales
    Deckert Distribution GmbH
    Deckert Distribution GmbH
Screening copy
    Deckert Distribution GmbH
    Deckert Distribution GmbH
Involved TV Channel
    ERT,
    ZDF/ARTE,
    YLE
    ERT,
    ZDF/ARTE,
    YLE
Co-production
    Ma.ja.de Filmproduktions GmbH
    Ma.ja.de Filmproduktions GmbH