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Leo Sonnyboy
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Wikipedia article
'Leo Sonnyboy' is a 1989 Swiss film directed by Rolf Lyssy. The comedy was filmed in Zrich and at various locations in Switzerland, and produced in Switzerland.
Plot (excerpt)
Leo (Mathias Gndinger) is an about 40-year-old man who lives as a single in Zrich. He works as a train driver, has a brother, is mothered by his 'Mama' (Stefanie Glaser), but seems to be a bit solitary. His best friend Adrian (Christian Kohlund) has a serious problem with the 'Fremdenpolizei' authorities, the immigration police of Switzerland, as his girlfriend Apia Kolong (Ankie Lau) from Thailand works as an exotic dancer, but for unknown reasons Adrian does not want to marry her to legalize her migration to Switzerland. Leo is persuaded by Adrian to marry Apia, Leo and Apia fall in love, and Apia wants to change her life, and so many problems and irritations really start.
Cast
* Mathias Gndinger : Leo Mangold
* Christian Kohlund : Adrian Hauser
* Stephanie Glaser : Mama Mangold
* Ankie Lau : Apia Kolong
* Dieter Meier : Willi Zeier
Reception
The Swiss comedy was one of the most successful films in the Swiss German cinemas between 1975 and 2004, and had an audience of 131,572 people. The comedy is distributed on DVD (RC 2). On 16 March 1991 the comedy started also at the New York New Directors/New Films Festival.
Soundtrack
Dieter Meier of 'Yello' played a demimonde businessmen, and so 'Yello' also distributed the soundtrack.
References
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