Running on Empty(2006)
The dull daily routine of an insurance agent, who listlessly drives down the highway every day and conducts customer meetings while longing for his family, becomes a metaphor for a life that has come to a standstill and is threatened with being crushed by loneliness.
Movie: Running on Empty
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Burkhard Wagner
Gast
Carolin Wagner
Heike
Walter Rösler
Rashid
Herr Wokalek
Herr Hauser
Charlie
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The dull daily routine of an insurance agent, who listlessly drives down the highway every day and conducts customer meetings while longing for his family, becomes a metaphor for a life that has come to a standstill and is threatened with being crushed by loneliness.
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2006-02-14
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