Places in the Sun

Places in the Sun

2024•1h 37m•5.8/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(6)

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.

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Production

BR, Maverick Film, ARTE, Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Julia Windischbauer

Julia Windischbauer

Samuela Maibaum

Juliane Köhler

Juliane Köhler

Sybille Maibaum

Niels Bormann

Niels Bormann

Jo Maibaum

Jeremias Meyer

Jeremias Meyer

Frederick Maibaum

Jeremy Mockridge

Jeremy Mockridge

Marc

Sotiria Loucopoulos

Teresa

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Oscar Ortega Sánchez

Jorge

Vincent Redetzki

Vincent Redetzki

Olli

Mina-Giselle Rüffer

Mina-Giselle Rüffer

Lotte

Denise M'Baye

Denise M'Baye

Inge

Sofie Gross

Birgit

Thomas Lettow

Stefan

Damla Yurtsever

Zeynep

Pars Yurtsever

Zeynep's Son

Heidi Arens

Frauke

Aaron Arens

Aaron Arens

Paul

Richard Wolf

Conductor

Ignacio de la Lastra

Waiter

Rebekka Ziemer

Lotte's Friend

Olivia Lourdes Osbourg

Lotte's Friend

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