The Man Who Was Allowed to Leave
1995 · 60 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 24 VOTES · DIR. Katrin Ottarsdóttir
Overview
An elderly man one day realises that he will leave his wife for the much younger Maria. His wife reacts stoically. She is neither angry nor unhappy but thinks he should be allowed to sow a few wild oats. She is convinced that he will come to his senses and return to her bosom. He does - but not quite in the way she had imagined...
Dialogue Timeline — 358 lines
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00:01:42 The Man Who Was Allowed to Leave
00:05:35 Your wife certainly suits Faroese dress!
00:07:24 If you come, they won't go on about my hair dye -
00:09:26 Don't let it bother you.
00:11:22 And our daughter, who's always been so sensible!
00:15:55 Nothing's the matter, dear.
00:18:09 The children never liked that hard, brown paper.
00:20:55 So embarrassing for the rest of us.
00:24:52 You'll have to pray for a miracle, then.
00:26:37 Why involve God and the minister?
00:29:18 The thing is ...
00:30:25 I know your habits and vices and I can help you with them.
00:32:04 - even a man of God must give in.
00:34:06 Unfortunately it's true. He's gone.
00:35:06 If you want to argue -
00:38:36 I want to go home now, Mummy. My wife is waiting.
00:40:50 Aren't you just playing with his emotions -
00:41:45 It just turned out like that.
00:43:47 He's worn it for years, but you can't tell. Look!
00:46:32 Won't you turn it off? I can't hear myself think.
00:47:49 It was too loud.
00:50:21 No, thank you.
00:51:42 Why should she get off so lightly? - Get off lightly?
00:54:22 It's about me and my wife ...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed358
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:01:42
Final line00:54:22
Production Record
DirectorKatrin Ottarsdóttir
LanguageFO
IMDb votes24