Palermo Shooting

Nov 20, 2008

1h 48m

★ 6.2

Overview

After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Rectangle Productions

P.O.R. Sicilia

Reverse Angle Production

ARTE France Cinéma

ZDF

Pictorion Pictures GmbH

Road Movies

Palermo Shooting Trailers

Cast

Finn

Campino

Karla

Inga Busch

Hans

Axel Sichrovsky

Gerhard

Gerhard Gutberlet

Harry

Harry Blain

Julian

Sebastian Blomberg

Student

Jana Pallaske

Fan

Olivia Asiedu-Poku

Anke

Melika Foroutan

Mother

Anna Orso

Self

Lou Reed

Banker

Udo Samel

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