Leo Sonnyboy is a 1989Swiss film directed by Rolf Lyssy. The comedy was filmed in Zürich and at various locations in Switzerland, and produced in Switzerland.
Leo (Mathias Gnädinger) is about 40-year-old man who lives as a single in Zürich. He works as a train driver and 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 Adrian is already married with children. Leo is persuaded by Adrian to marry Apia to allow her to continue living in Switzerland, Leo and Apia fall in love, and Apia wants to change her life, and so many problems and irritations really start.
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.[2] The comedy is distributed on DVD (RC 2).[3] 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.[4]
References
^"Leo Sonnyboy (1989)" (in German). outnow.ch. Retrieved 2015-02-26.
^"Die Filmproduktion (Kino und Fernsehen) in der Schweiz, 1995 – 2004: Struktur, Ergebnisse und Finanzierung" (PDF) (in German and French). Bundesamt für Statististik BFS. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
^"Film Leo Sonnyboy" (in German). cineman.ch. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
sonnyboy, 1989, swiss, film, directed, rolf, lyssy, comedy, filmed, zürich, various, locations, switzerland, produced, switzerland, swiss, cover, showing, dieter, meier, mathias, gnädinger, christian, kohlunddirected, byrolf, lyssywritten, byrolf, lyssyproduce. Leo Sonnyboy is a 1989 Swiss film directed by Rolf Lyssy The comedy was filmed in Zurich and at various locations in Switzerland and produced in Switzerland Leo SonnyboySwiss DVD cover showing Dieter Meier Mathias Gnadinger and Christian KohlundDirected byRolf LyssyWritten byRolf LyssyProduced byEdi HubschmidStarringMathias GnadingerChristian KohlundAnkie LauStephanie GlaserCinematographyHans LiechtiEdited byLilo GerberMusic byRuedi HausermannRelease date15 December 1989 1 Running time95 minLanguagesSwiss German English Contents 1 Plot excerpt 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 Soundtrack 5 References 6 External linksPlot excerpt EditLeo Mathias Gnadinger is about 40 year old man who lives as a single in Zurich He works as a train driver and 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 Adrian is already married with children Leo is persuaded by Adrian to marry Apia to allow her to continue living in Switzerland Leo and Apia fall in love and Apia wants to change her life and so many problems and irritations really start Cast EditMathias Gnadinger Leo Mangold Christian Kohlund Adrian Hauser Stephanie Glaser Mama Mangold Ankie Lau Apia Kolong Dieter Meier Willi ZeierReception EditThe 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 2 The comedy is distributed on DVD RC 2 3 On 16 March 1991 the comedy started also at the New York New Directors New Films Festival Soundtrack EditDieter Meier of Yello played a demimonde businessmen and so Yello also distributed the soundtrack 4 References Edit Leo Sonnyboy 1989 in German outnow ch Retrieved 2015 02 26 Die Filmproduktion Kino und Fernsehen in der Schweiz 1995 2004 Struktur Ergebnisse und Finanzierung PDF in German and French Bundesamt fur Statististik BFS Retrieved 2015 02 27 Film Leo Sonnyboy in German cineman ch Retrieved 2015 02 27 Leo Sonnyboy Cast Crew Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Baseline amp All Movie Guide 2015 Archived from the original on 2015 02 27 Retrieved 2015 02 27 External links EditLeo Sonnyboy at IMDb This article related to a Swiss film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leo Sonnyboy amp oldid 1138563526, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
