Fish Out of Water

Fish Out of Water

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 26, 1993

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

Fish Out of Water

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 26, 1993

Fish Out of Water
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
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Nordisk Film, ASA Film Production, cosmos
Original title De frigjorte
Directors Erik Clausen
Writers Sanni Sylvester, John Nehm, Erik Clausen, Leif Sylvester, Søren Skjær

Cast

Erik Clausen

as Viggo

Leif Sylvester

as Iversen

Bjarne Liller

as Snedker

Torben Zeller

as Carlsen

Lene Brøndum

as Fru Sørensen

Kjeld Løfting

as Falsk Læge

Claus Bue

as Direktør

Lars Lippert

as Claus

Gitte Rugaard

as Lone

Thomas Hedemann

as Lars

Peter Rygaard

as Ulric

Pauli Ryberg

as Sindballe

Povl Erik Carstensen

as Værkfører

Kim Larsen

as Sinke