Zandys Bride
6.4 /10 1 Votes6.4
Initial release May 19, 1974 Language English | 6.2/10 Duration Country USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards David di Donatello European David Award Cast (Zandy Allen), (Hanna Lund), (Ma Allan), (Marai Cordova), (Songer), (Frank Gallo) Similar movies Furious 7 , John Wick , Taken 3 , The Equalizer , Run All Night , Riddick Tagline They would be married first...and they would fall in love last. |
Zandy's Bride is a 1974 American film directed by Jan Troell. It stars Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann.
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The film is also known as For Better, for Worse in the USA (TV title). It was filmed on location near Big Sur, California.
Zandy s bride original theatrical trailer
Plot
Zandy Allan is a hard-working cattle rancher in a remote part of the American West who needs a hired hand more than he needs a wife. He sends away for a mail-order bride, a Swedish woman who lives near Minneapolis. Expecting a woman in her 20s, Zandy is disappointed when Hannah Lund turns out to be 32. He is not interested in love, only in work, although this does not keep him from misbehaving around a local woman named Maria. Hannah is here, in his mind, strictly to help Zandy run his ranch and provide future sons. However, the more time he spends with Hannah, the less he comes to treat her as a possession that he has bought, in no small part because of her insistence that she be treated with respect.
Cast
Production
Director Jan Troell recounted, "The first problem with me on Zandy's Bride was that I wasn't allowed to operate the camera [because of U.S. union rules]. That makes a lot of difference to me because I feel very awkward sitting beside the camera. Otherwise, I thought it was a very useful experience."
References
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