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Virgin Mountain

(Fúsi)

Dir: Dagur Kári, 2015, Iceland/Denmark, 96 mins, Cert: 18 TBC

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Mon 23 January 2017 // 20:00 *
Tue 24 January 2017 // 20:00

Tickets: £5 (full) / £4 (concession / * cheap night)

If you like Scandi-cinema then don't miss Virgin Mountain. We first saw this heartwarming Icelandic gem back in 2015, sadly a UK-wide release never came about so we decided to give it some of the big screen love it deserves.

Fúsi is a mammoth of a man who at 43 years of age is still living at home with his mother. Shy and awkward, he hasn’t quite learned how to socialize with others, leaving him an untouchable virgin. That is until his family pushes him to join a dance class. There he meets the equally innocent but playful Sjöfn. 

Acclaimed Icelandic writer-director Dagur Kári’s fourth feature introduces us to the pains of first love between these two late-blooming loners. Dagur Kári brilliantly portrays Fúsi, wonderfully performed Gunnar Jónsson, as a hero, more than an outsider. Subtle and delicate, the wickedly funny Virgin Mountain never tries to force the audience into empathy. Instead, scene-by-scene, Dagur Kári constructs a simple and moving story. The result is a wonderfully shot character-driven drama with a haunting score co-composed by Kári himself.

"a poem to every downtrodden soul" ★★★★ Hey U Guys 

★★★★ Eye For Film

Variety

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