خلاصه داستان : فیلم درباره گروهی از عروس‌های پستی است که در سال 1922 از اروپا و آسیای صغیر (از جمله یونان، روسیه، و ترکیه) به آمریکا سفر می‌کنند. آنها در این سفر از کشتی‌ای به نام “King Alexander” استفاده می‌کنند و هر کدام عازم ازدواج با مردانی هستند که هرگز آنها را ندیده‌اند.

A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the third-class voyagers. But along the way, she meets a young American photographer who is returning from the Middle East where he was snapping shots of the war in Smyrna, 1922. Her honesty, pride, and beauty attract the attention of the American who falls in love with her. Tribulations abound during the voyage, following the dramas of several unfortunate young women upon whom nasty characters preyed, as Nikki struggles with her feelings for the photographer.

خلاصه داستان : یازدهمین سالگرد تولد آگلیکی است و به احترام وی یک مهمانی کاملاً سازمان یافته برگزار می شود. تمام مواد تشکیل دهنده یک مهمانی معمول تولد در اینجا است: یک کیک دلچسب لعابدار قند ، موسیقی شاد و آغوش گرم پدربزرگ گویا. با این حال ، آیا هیچ یک از این موارد واقعی است ، یا...

On the day of her birthday, eleven-year-old Angeliki jumps off the balcony and falls to her death with a smile on her face. While the police and Social Services try to discover the reason for this apparent suicide, Angeliki's family keep insisting that it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? Why does her family persist in trying to "forget" her and to move on with its life?