Leo Sonnyboy
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Leo Sonnyboy |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rolf Lyssy |
| script | Rolf Lyssy |
| production | Edi Hubschmid |
| music | Ruedi Häusermann , Yello |
| camera | Hans Liechti |
| cut | Lilo Gerber |
| occupation | |
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Leo Sonnyboy is a comedy film by director Rolf Lyssy, produced in Switzerland in 1989 . He tells the story of a marriage of convenience .
action
Engine driver Leo Mangold has lived alone in his two-room apartment for years. His work colleague Adrian Hauser is married and has an affair with the Thai go-go dancer Apia. So that she does not lose her residence permit, Adrian asks his friend Leo to marry Apia, which he can be persuaded to do.
To deceive the Aliens Police, Apia has to move in with him, much to Leo's displeasure. They start to fall in love with each other. Adrian doesn't like that. The nightclub owner Willi also puts pressure on the couple because he wants to put Apia in a massage parlor.
background
Leo Sonnyboy was based on a script by Rolf Lyssy. The film was produced by Edi Hubschmid AG , now D-Films, from Zurich . The music comes from Ruedi Häusermann and Yello . The camera was directed by Hans Liechti .
Mathias Gnädinger was hired for the role of Leo Mangold , Christian Kohlund played Adrian Hauser and Ankie Beilke-Lau played the dancer Apia. Stephanie Glaser played Leo's mother and Dieter Meier played the nightclub owner Willi. Heinz Bühlmann and the comedian Peach Weber also appeared in other roles . The roles played by the Swiss were spoken in dialect.
The film and cinema statistics of the Federal Statistical Office cited 131,592 admissions for the film, making it 23rd on a ranking of the most successful Swiss films in Switzerland from 1975 to 2008.
criticism
In 2008, Christoph Egger referred to the similar conception of Leo Sonnyboy and the Swiss films Gekauftes Glück and Die Frau aus Rose Hill from the same period in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and remarked: “The Swiss film sang the morality of the poor girl in trio Thailand or Mauritius, which had come to find happiness in the Alps or in the big city by marriage and had to pay dearly for it in a nefarious Switzerland. (...) Only with Rolf Lyssy's «Leo Sonnyboy» was the story allowed to end happily. "
Web links
- Leo golden boy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Leo Sonnyboy on reto.ch: Swiss Film Directory , accessed on May 2, 2010
- ↑ Leo Sonnyboy DVD : Leo Sonnyboy in the DVD shop of Swiss television , accessed on May 2, 2010
- ↑ FSO , Film and Cinema Statistics: The 500 Most Successful Swiss Films in Switzerland
- ↑ Candlelight at the cheese kettle : Christoph Egger: Candlelight at the cheese kettle . August 14, 2008, Neue Zürcher Zeitung , accessed on May 2, 2010