Virgin Mountain

Virgin Mountain
Virgin Mountain
	Film poster
Directed by	Dagur Kári
Written by	Dagur Kári
Produced by	Baltasar Kormákur; Agnes Johansen
Starring	Gunnar Jónsson
Cinematography	Rasmus Videbæk
Edited by	Olivier Bugge Coutté; Andri Steinn Guðjónsson; Dagur Kári
Music by	Slowblow
Production; companies	Blueeyes Productions; Nimbus Film Productions; RVK Studios
Release dates	9 February 2015 (Berlinale); 20 March 2015;
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Iceland; Denmark
Language	Icelandic

Virgin Mountain is a 2015 Icelandic drama film directed by Dagur Kári, starring Gunnar Jónsson and Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir. Its Icelandic title is Fúsi [fuːsɪ]. 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.

Plot[]

The movie tells the story of an Icelandic 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.

Cast[]

Gunnar Jónsson as Fúsi
Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir as Sjöfn
Sigurjón Kjartansson as Mörður
Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir as Fjóla
Franziska Una Dagsdóttir as Hera
Arnar Jónsson as Rolf
Þórir Sæmundsson as Elvar

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[]

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

External links[]

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[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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