Fúsi, a timid man in his mid-forties, is yet to find the courage to fully enter and embrace the adult world; to lift his wings and leave his nest. He sleepwalks through everyday life, where routine is key.
When a vibrant woman about his own age and an eight-year old girl unexpectedly enter his life, he is soon forced to step up; take a leap and find out where his wings will take him.

Direction: Dagur Kári

Script: Dagur Kári

Production: Baltasar Kormákur, Agnes Johansen, Agnes Johansen

Cinematography: Rasmus Videbæk

Editing: Andri Steinn Guðjónsson, Olivier Bugge Coutté, Dagur Kári

Production Design: Hálfdan Pedersen

Costume Design: Helga Rós V. Hannam

Sound: Ingvar Lundberg, Kjartan Kjartansson

Original Score: Dagur Kári, Orri Jónsson

Cast: Gunnar Jónsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir

Original Title: FÚSI

Original Language: Icelandic

Subtitles: English

Film Production Countries: Iceland, Denmark

Social Media: www.facebook.com/fusivirginmountainthemovie

Statement of the Director/s
VIRGIN MOUNTAIN is a character study and a close-up of a middle aged man, Fúsi, who is still stuck in his childhood.
Like a bird that refuses to leave the nest, he still lives with his mother and has created a bubble-like world around him where he feels safe and secure.
Fúsi has no intentions of breaking the bubble; status quo is what he wants, but what he really needs is perhaps to take one small step forward in the board game of life.
The film was written with a specific actor in mind. Gunnar Jónsson is a natural talent who has done a lot of comedy over the past decade, but I have always dreamt of seeing him dealing with a more serious role.

Biography of the Director/s
Director/Writer/Musician Dagur Kári was born in 1973 in France but raised in Iceland. He studied Filmmaking in Denmark from 1995 to 1999 and made his feature debut in 2003 with NOI ALBINOI.
Dagur Kári Also works as a musician with the band Slowblow.
Since autumn 2013 he has been employed at The National Film School of Denmark as Head of the Director’s Program.

Filmography:
1998 OLD SPICE, short
1999 LOST WEEKEND, short
2003 NOI ALBINOI
2005 DARK HORSE
2009 THE GOOD HEART

Awards Won
CPH:PIX: Politiken’s Audience Award
Motovun Film Festival: Outstanding Performance Award
Tribeca Film Festival: Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Leading Role

World Sales:
BAC Films
Mathieu Robinet
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Paris, 75010, France
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Phone: +33 1 80 49 10 00
Website: http://www.bacfilms.com/

Press:
Icelandic Film Centre
Christof Wehmeier
Hverfisgötu 54
Reykjavík, 101, Iceland
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +354 562 3580
Website: http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is/