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Virgin Mountain

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7.2/10 • 229

2015-03-201h 30m

Drama

Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

Directors
Dagur Kári
Writters
Dagur Kári
Editors
Olivier Bugge Coutté

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  1. Gunnar Jónsson

    Gunnar Jónsson

    Fúsi

  2. Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir

    Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir

    Sjöfn

  3. Sigurjón Kjartansson

    Sigurjón Kjartansson

    Mörður

  4. Franziska Una Dagsdóttir

    Franziska Una Dagsdóttir

    Hera

  5. Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir

    Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir

    Fjóla

  6. Arnar Jónsson

    Arnar Jónsson

    Rolf

  7. Thorir Sæmundsson

    Thorir Sæmundsson

    Elvar

  8. Sigurður Karlsson

    Sigurður Karlsson

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Reno

Apr 14, 2016

8/10

There comes a time for everything in life.
By seeing the poster you will get a close idea of what this film is about. Still the movie delivers with a decent storyline. The title is a metaphor of what the movie is illustrating. There's nothing to inspire from it, its just based on the facts that was rendered very realistically. Like how the overweight people are seen by their co-workers and how they are treated in society for being different in character. This is a very good movie about a 43 year old man named Fúsi, who still lives with his mother. As by himself the life is so wonderful for having a decent job and a faithful friend. But reminding himself for living in the world where people have a different thought for a guy like him is what he has to worry about. That bars him from socialising and makes him a weird person. But looks like he does not care much about it or those who bully him. A guy with a good heart, but not spotted by others. There comes a time for everything. Two girls enter his life. A little neighbour girl Hera, who instantly become his playmate and Sjöfn, a woman of his own age with a mental issue. This so exciting part of the movie, like there's always someone waiting for everyone in the world to unite with. He has to choose between being a child like Hera or to grow up and move on in life with Sjöfn. After an incident he learns what's the best, but faces complications. That's where the remaining film turns its focus, but how the tale ends is not what something we would want to see.
"You are becoming a real chef. I guess she does not cook much."
These days the filmmakers try as much as they can to avoid the cliche, especially in the conclusion section. That's what I disliked in this, but still appreciate the original ending. Humanity had seen and still facing racism, issues related to gender equality, religious and LGBT discrimination, and many more. Along with all this, what this movie narrated is a very common matter to worry about from every culture and society. Like I said, it is not trying to educate us, but you can't ignore the seriousness of the film contents. The scenes often filled with light humours. A little love story and a little play story, but overall about the life and its difficulties. This film is a glimpse of what it would be like being a different from others either by characteristically and/or by appearance. The film characters show their emotions, but sentimentally not appealing as it should have been. Usually that is what we all expect in a theme like this. I think for a narration like this that would have been so depressing. So it is not a tearjerker movie after all. It was like 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' meets 'Terri'. A sensitive matter, a big concept in a small movie. A well written screenplay and beautifully performed, especially by the lead guy. Any professional actors would have played the role easily, but not as perfect as him. I don't remember of seeing any Icelandic movie in a long time, but I'm very pleased with this one. I would surely suggest it, before that, you should remember it is not a genuinely entertaining or a sincerely motivating film, but lies between them, that is kind of both I say. 8/10

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