Virgin Mountain is a 2015 Icelandicdrama film directed by Dagur Kári, starring Gunnar Jónsson and Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir. Its Icelandic title is Fúsi[fuːsɪ], the name of the lead character. 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.[2] The same year, it won the prizes for best narrative feature, actor, and screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival,[3] and the Nordic Council Film Prize.
An Icelandic man in his 40s lives with his mother and works as ground staff at a nearby airport. He is involved in miniature wargaming in his spare time. 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 turning 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 and slowly smiles.
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."[4]
virgin, mountain, 2015, icelandic, drama, film, directed, dagur, kári, starring, gunnar, jónsson, ilmur, kristjánsdóttir, icelandic, title, fúsi, fuːsɪ, name, lead, character, world, premiere, took, place, 65th, berlin, international, film, festival, where, fi. Virgin Mountain is a 2015 Icelandic drama film directed by Dagur Kari starring Gunnar Jonsson and Ilmur Kristjansdottir Its Icelandic title is Fusi fuːsɪ the name of the lead character 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 2 The same year it won the prizes for best narrative feature actor and screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival 3 and the Nordic Council Film Prize Virgin MountainFilm posterDirected byDagur KariWritten byDagur KariProduced byBaltasar KormakurAgnes JohansenStarringGunnar JonssonCinematographyRasmus VidebaekEdited byOlivier Bugge CoutteAndri Steinn GudjonssonDagur KariMusic bySlowblowProductioncompaniesBlueeyes ProductionsNimbus Film ProductionsRVK StudiosRelease dates9 February 2015 2015 02 09 Berlinale 20 March 2015 2015 03 20 Running time93 minutesCountriesIcelandDenmarkLanguageIcelandicBox office 749 711 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editAn Icelandic man in his 40s lives with his mother and works as ground staff at a nearby airport He is involved in miniature wargaming in his spare time On his 42nd birthday Fusi 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 turning a dump into a flower boutique shop Fusi at the edge of falling back to his routines decides to make changes for himself and takes a trip to Egypt and slowly smiles Cast editGunnar Jonsson as Fusi Ilmur Kristjansdottir as Sjofn Sigurjon Kjartansson as Mordur Margret Helga Johannsdottir as Fjola Franziska Una Dagsdottir as Hera Arnar Jonsson as Rolf THorir Saemundsson as ElvarReception editStephen Dalton wrote in The Hollywood Reporter Gunnar Jonsson is an unlikely leading man but extremely watchable his physical acting and weary voice conveys both inner torment and purity of heart Kristjansdottir also radiates agreeably offbeat charm as Sjofn 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 Kari 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 4 References edit https www boxofficemojo com releasegroup gr2322420229 Virgin Mountain Icelandic Films Icelandic Film Centre Retrieved 22 January 2023 Zeitchik Steven 3 April 2015 Tribeca 2015 Offbeat romance Virgin Mountain lands top prizes Los Angeles Times Retrieved 22 January 2023 Dalton Stephen 9 February 2015 Virgin Mountain Berlin Review The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 22 January 2023 External links editVirgin Mountain at IMDb nbsp Virgin Mountain on kinocritics com nbsp This article related to Icelandic film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Virgin Mountain amp oldid 1159430543, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
