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.
00:05:27 I was looking forward to a quiet evening and changing Ole's water.
00:08:14 Could I talk to Mr... Jiggs?"
00:11:28 Here's some hot gravy.
00:14:05 If we hadn't founded the Danish labour movement, -
00:17:20 Who do you think you are? Yes, in your words.
00:21:14 Now there's time to have fun the wife.
00:24:29 The factory is closing. I'm just realizing it now.
00:27:16 You did. Because you couldn't be one yourself. But I'll do it.
00:32:31 I'm showing Mrs. Sørensen our genealogical tree.
00:36:04 Hello, Mrs. Sørensen. How are you, Mrs. Sørensen?
00:39:58 A gift? - Yes.
00:43:16 Then you're not on the dole?
00:47:15 Well, I've been a singer, and then I got married. A rich man.
00:50:14 Aquavit? - Just one.
00:53:03 Viggo, you made a quip one day: "Why take the stairs..."
00:57:37 There will also be a lecture on unemployment past and present."
01:02:42 I said that. - Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
01:06:15 The votes have been counted, and we have a winner. It's...
01:10:36 Hello?
01:13:37 Fifty. - Fifty kroner?
01:17:38 which appears in middle-aged men.
01:20:51 You can't do that here. But you can paint a picture.
01:25:24 Women don't know about art. - I'll get them, then.