Fish Out of Water

Released
1993
1h 37min
15 votes
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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

Détails techniques

Titre original

De frigjorte

Langue originale

DA

Langues parlées

Danish

Production

Compagnies de production

Nordisk Film Denmark

ASA Film Production

Cosmo Film

Pays de production

Denmark

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