Fish Out of Water
1993 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 631 VOTES · DIR. Erik Clausen
Overview
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
Dialogue Timeline — 968 lines
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00:00:30 Yes, sir. It's a million bucks, man.
00:05:32 If you want quiet, you could refrain from discussing politics.
00:08:23 I'm trying to control my cholesterol. I've planned my diet after a table.
00:11:38 Fidel Castro is giving a speech from the folklore collection.
00:14:21 "Stop the machines, boys. Let's go play."
00:18:33 No thanks.
00:21:38 Those damned foreign workers. They steal our work. My work.
00:24:57 I've slaved for those arseholes.
00:28:20 The sleeves first.
00:33:10 He was probably a poof, too.
00:37:55 Yes, I can see that.
00:40:36 And what were you told? You were too old. You bet you're old!
00:44:46 I can't accept that. I'll pay you back.
00:48:20 you're alone
00:51:18 Next to the pro-German guy. - The Nazi lived on the ground floor.
00:54:36 You're so primitive.
00:59:12 I won't have time. I'm not too keen on that Preben either...
01:04:20 It's nice to have a strong man to lean on.
01:08:08 a brother emigrates to America.
01:12:15 Hey, you!
01:15:56 Never!
01:19:11 How does he feel about Claus? - Claus isn't what Viggo would like.
01:23:56 I can't paint a single stroke among these fruitcakes.
03:00:00 - Let's go to my place.