Mail order brides/kidnapped brides .....

Thank you. And oh, yes. I read the short story and immediately started to make plans to turn it into a film, but Ali Selim beat me to it. And he did a wonderful job. I was always surprised and disappointed that more people didn't see it, that it sort of got lost and is now a bit forgotten. It deserves so much more. Thanks for sharing your personal connection to it; that only further demonstrates its virtues in terms of its ability to convey so beautifully a culture, time, and place that is unique and precious - a world, sadly, that is far less accessible today.