Thursday, April 26th - 7:30 pm - Bell Auditorium Director:  Kimon Tsakiris As in many remote areas, the village of Zaharo (literally, Sugartown) has been hemorrhaging women to the big city. Desperate for a solution, the mayor organizes an expedition to Russia in seach of prospective brides, taking with him three men as local ambassadors. It’s hard not to feel for these nice, simple guys, thoroughly unprepared for the tough Russian gals that await them.

Poor Kostas, a shy, lovable shepard, is shamlessly toyed with and then unceremoniously stood up when the Russians come for their own inspection. No one finds companionship, but audiences will latch on to favorites and root for them all the way through.

“Loaded with charm and real emotion, documentary Sugartown: The Bridegrooms offers good-natured sympathy for its rural subjects and doesn’t show any urban superiority by mocking the hapless bachelors at the film’s heart. Helmer Kimon Tsakiris follows a Greek village’s unusual approach to its decreasing female population, in the process highlighting a widespread problem while gathering support for a bunch of guys in seach of better halves." (Variety)

In Greek with English subtitles, Greece, 2006, 81 Minutes.

Presented by: It’s Greek to Me.

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