Places in the Sun

Aug 22, 2024

1h 37m

★ 5.8

Overview

Samuela despairs of her lack of breakthrough as an author. When she is abandoned by her boyfriend, she secretly travels with her brother to the family holiday home in Lanzarote, where she wants to work on her novel. But instead of the peace she hoped for, she finds her father there, who occupies the house after the divorce. When her mother also shows up, the chaos is perfect.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Maverick Film

ARTE

Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion

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Cast

Samuela Maibaum

Julia Windischbauer

Sybille Maibaum

Juliane Köhler

Jo Maibaum

Niels Bormann

Frederick Maibaum

Jeremias Meyer

Marc

Jeremy Mockridge

Teresa

Sotiria Loucopoulos

Jorge

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Olli

Vincent Redetzki

Lotte

Mina-Giselle Rüffer

Inge

Denise M'Baye

Birgit

Sofie Gross

Stefan

Thomas Lettow

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