Virgin Mountain

Virgin Mountain is a 2015 Icelandic drama film directed by Dagur Kári, starring Gunnar Jónsson and Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir. Its Icelandic title is Fúsi. The world premiere took place at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, where the film was screened on 9 February 2015 in the Berlinale Special program. It was released in Icelandic cinemas on 20 March 2015.[1] It won the prizes for best narrative feature, actor and screenplay at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.[2] The film won the 2015 Nordic Council Film Prize.

Virgin Mountain
Film poster
Directed byDagur Kári
Produced byBaltasar Kormákur
Agnes Johansen
Written byDagur Kári
StarringGunnar Jónsson
Music bySlowblow
CinematographyRasmus Videbæk
Edited byOlivier Bugge Coutté
Andri Steinn Guðjónsson
Dagur Kári
Release date
  • 9 February 2015 (2015-02-09) (Berlinale)
  • 20 March 2015 (2015-03-20)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryIceland
Denmark
LanguageIcelandic

Plot

The movie tells the story of a man in his 40s who lives with his mother and works as ground staff at a nearby airport. He is involved in recreating battlefields on tabletop in his spare time including listening to radio and enjoying meals. On his 42nd birthday Fúsi gets a break from his daily routines when he is enrolled in a dance class. He falls in love, but his depressive girlfriend leaves him. He helps his ex-girlfriend to find happiness by rebuilding a dump into a flower boutique shop. Fúsi, at the edge of falling back to his routines decides to make changes for himself and takes a trip to Egypt.

 

There was a middle-age man named Fuxi, he worked in an airport as a ground staff, he was a big boy who lived with his mother.

His life was very normal. Maybe because of his fat apparency and silent character, he had few friends.

One day, at his mother’s persuasion, he decided to join a dance training class, in this procession he met a girl who said she worked in a flower shop. They knew each other quickly and built a trust relationship.

   Fuxi was very happy, gradually he found he fell in love with this girl. However, they all felt distress in a close relationship.

   After his best trying, he finally got the girl’s heart. he felt he would never been alone.

   Although, the girl didn’t accept him, but he became brave. He could enjoy himself and build relationship with others.

   He could live a life dependently. He never would be mother’s big boy.  

   

Cast

Reception

Stephen Dalton wrote in The Hollywood Reporter: "Gunnar Jónsson is an unlikely leading man, but extremely watchable, his physical acting and weary voice conveys both inner torment and purity of heart. Kristjánsdóttir also radiates agreeably offbeat charm as Sjöfn, even if her hangdog angel character that aches for pity would be more at home in a country and western song than in contemporary Iceland. ... A lightweight portrait of a potentially heavy subject, Kári’s fourth feature is an effortlessly likeable addition to his body of work, but too sweet and gentle to leave much of a lasting impression."[3]

References
  1. "Virgin Mountain". Icelandic Films. Icelandic Film Centre. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  2. Zeitchik, Steven (2015-04-23). "Tribeca 2015: Offbeat romance 'Virgin Mountain' lands top prizes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  3. Dalton, Stephen (2015-02-09). "Virgin Mountain: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
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