Girl on a Bicycle

Mar 4, 2013

1h 41m

★ 6.0

Some distractions are better than others.

Overview

Paolo, an Italian tour bus driver living in Paris, has just summoned up the courage to propose marriage to his German girlfriend Greta. However, a chance encounter with a French woman on a bicycle the very next day turns Paolo's life upside down.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Wiedemann & Berg Film

Elzévir Films

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Cast

Paolo Moretti

Vincenzo Amato

Greta Kluge

Nora Tschirner

Cécile Laurent

Louise Monot

Derek

Paddy Considine

Francois

Stéphane Debac

Marta

Kellie Shirley

Claude Chardon

Brice Fournier

Tony

John Friedmann

Gerd

Armin Dillenberger

Gunther Friedman

Thomas Heinze

Fritz

Maximilian von Pufendorf

Elke

Stefanie Stappenbeck

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