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Fish Out of Water (1993)

★ 6.0/10 97 min Comedy, Drama Denmark Danish
Director: Erik Clausen
Streaming: Not available

Description

The early 1990s: 300,000 Danes are out of work. Viggo, a machinist with two grown children, is silent about feelings, scared he'll lose his job, loud about the value of trade unionism, interested in his pet fish, and argumentative at dinner. His wife Oda puts up with his moods and works on family genealogy. When Viggo is laid off, he becomes a fish out of water, hardly looking for work, starting a garden, and taking up with Karen, a polished but unhappy widow. He lies to his wife about a union training and goes to Mallorca with Karen. When she stops the affair, Viggo ends up in a psychiatric ward and must figure out what's really important in his life and in his character

Top Cast

Erik Clausen
Erik Clausen Viggo
Helle Ryslinge
Helle Ryslinge Oda
Leif Sylvester
Leif Sylvester Iversen
Anne Marie Helger
Anne Marie Helger Karen
Bjarne Liller
Bjarne Liller Snedker
Torben Zeller
Torben Zeller Carlsen
Lene Brøndum
Lene Brøndum Fru Sørensen
Kjeld Løfting
Kjeld Løfting Falsk Læge

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