The Red River — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode 5
Drama • 44 min • 2 seasons, 59 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Ifigenia's anxiety over Miltos's departure to Paris is heightened. Miltos proposes to marry her now if she wants. Ifigenia is proud, she refuses. Miltos arrives in Paris. He is drunk from the air of Europe. The handsome and shy Pontiac, is sought after young Europeans, and neglects Iphigenia, who suffers wounded in his laconic telegrams. In Amisos, George Pavlidis is persuaded to go down to the 1908 elections. Elections that promise big changes in the Ottoman Empire.
About The Red River
May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.