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Oct 24, 2019 · The narration sets a certain fairytale tone for this Italian-Australian melodrama, which Nick Conidi wrote and co-directed with Tony Ferrieri, based on the real experiences of his parents and their peers.
Promised: Directed by Nick Conidi, Tony Ferrieri, Nathan Primmer. With Tina Arena, Paul Mercurio, Antoniette Iesue, Daniel Berini. In 1953, two young Italian children are promised in marriage by their fathers.
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- Drama, Romance
- Nick Conidi, Tony Ferrieri, Nathan Primmer
- 2019-10-24
Tina Arena plays the mother of the bride in Nick Conidi's film Promised. Credit: Umbrella Entertainment. Arena is speaking from bitter experience.
Oct 29, 2019 · Drawn from some of Conidi’s own experience, this opens in 1953 when awkward circumstance leads two Italian children – five-year-old Robert and newborn Angela – being promised in future marriage by their respective Dads.
Oct 18, 2019 · The shock of this prompting characters in Promised to associate arranged marriages with Indian culture. Through the gaze of writer-director Nick Conidi, whose upbringing in 1960s/70s Australia provides inspiration for the film, Promised attempts to be an introspection on progressivism.
Oct 23, 2019 · Fans of arranged marriages, they immediately decide their children are made for each other. It seems writer-director Nick Conidi is working from experience here. In 1969, when he was nine, his ...
It’s obvious that this independent film was a labour of love for first-time director and writer, Nick Conidi. He loosely bases the proceedings on his parent’s own life story. The idea of observing one of the last arranged marriages, in that specific culture, during the sexual revolution is an intriguing one.
