Close to the Horizon

Oct 10, 2019

1h 57m

★ 7.8

Overview

Jessica knows exactly what her life is supposed to look like and where it takes her. But then she meets Danny. He has a complicated past and could confuse all their plans. Jessica has to decide.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

StudioCanal

Pantaleon Films

SevenPictures Film

Close to the Horizon Trailers

Cast

Jessica

Luna Wedler

Danny

Jannik Schümann

Tina

Luise Befort

Jessicas Mutter

Victoria Mayer

Jessicas Vater

Stephan Kampwirth

Jörg

Denis Moschitto

Dogan

Frederick Lau

Henry Horn

Kristin Alia Hunold

Marta Martin

Jamie Bick

Judith Paus

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