Virgin Mountain (Fusi)

2015 | Iceland, Denmark | Icelandic with English Subtitles | 14A

Director: Dagur Kari

First love is tricky enough when you’re young, but when you’re a 43-year-old virgin who lives at home with your mother, it can be downright agonizing. Fúsi is a lonely mountain of a man who finds pleasure in meticulously recreating WWII battles with model tanks and calling the local FM radio DJ to request his favorite tracks. He’s begrudgingly pushed to socialize when his mother’s lover registers him for line-dancing classes for his birthday. Despite actively avoiding the lessons, Fusi ends up meeting Sjorn, a spirited blond who could be just what he needs to break out of his comfort zone. Ripe with wry wit and an endearingly brilliant performance by Gunnar Josson, Icelandic director Dagur Kari’s fourth feature is a tender comedy, and the winner of the top prize at the Tribeca Film Festival.

 “a quirky, compassionate, warmly funny portrait of a gigantic social misfit with an even bigger heart” – Hollywood Reporter

Winner of 10 International Awards and 15 Nominations