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Bride of the Orient is a suisse film of genre Drama with Wolfram Berger
Bride of the Orient (1989)
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Add to a movie listLa Fiancée thaïlandaise (titre original allemand : Gekauftes Glück) est un film helvético-allemand réalisé en 1988 par Urs Odermatt. Le metteur en scène allemand Werner Herzog y joue le second rôle masculin aux côtés de l’Autrichien Wolfram Berger. L’actrice thaïe Arunotai Jitreekan (อรุโณทัย จิตตรีขันธ์) apparaît quant à elle pour la première fois dans un film tourné en dehors de Bangkok.
La Fiancée thaïlandaise a été l’un des films d’auteurs suisses ayant obtenu le succès le plus retentissant auprès de la presse et du public.
Synopsis
C’est avec beaucoup d’impatience que l’agriculteur Windleter attend à l’aéroport de Zurich l’arrivée de la Thaïlandaise Arunotai censée vivre avec lui dans son village perdu. Après des difficultés initiales à se comprendre, le couple s’entend de mieux en mieux, mais les mauvaises langues du village vont bon train et ne baissent pas la garde à l’encontre de l’étrangère.Actors
Wolfram Berger
(Windleter)
Werner Herzog
(Businger)
Mathias Gnädinger
('Hirschen'-Wirt)
Günter Meisner
(Priest Barmettler)
Helen Vita
(Matrimonial Agent)
Errol Morris
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