Potted Palm Trees

The dress is too lavish and the toilet cubicle too small for the bride to fit in. The ballroom is jam-packed and the mood is alarmingly good. Something is about to burst: the groom’s delusion of grandeur? The pregnant belly of deaf Betti? Her step-father’s patience? Or the wine-filled bladder of his ex-wife?

Cast

Henny Reents

as Romy

Lars Rudolph

as Udo

Maresi Riegner

as Betti

Monika Oschek

as Vio

Alfredo Minea

as Alf

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