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『 Literature Lights Up Life 』
Writer/Director: Dag Cali
Starring: Gunner Johnson
Brief introduction
The Virgin Mountain from Iceland describes a kind of sadness and loneliness that goes deep into the marrow. Fox is an ugly-looking fat man who works as a baggage porter in the airport ground department, is old, has never had a girlfriend, still lives with his mother, and his few hobbies are fiddling with model sandboxes on the battlefields of World War II and listening to heavy metal music. Although he is good-natured, he has always been discriminated against by the people around him. After encountering a love, Fox's birth seems to see the light, but is the real life so simple?
Film abbreviation
In the eyes of others, Fox is a complete stranger: he still lives with his mother in his forties, has never been in love, has almost no social interaction, is extremely clumsy because he is too obese, and is often bullied by colleagues but never fights back. In fact, working as a baggage porter in the airport ground handling department, he is very responsible for his work, he is proficient in machinery, loves to make models, listens to heavy metal rock, and the only few friends he has are also born of hobbies, and in his spare time, together with his friends who also love models, according to the description in the history books, he restores the classic examples of World War II on the sand table. Every night, he talks to a DJ on a private radio station and plays a rock 'n' roll on demand. He is actually very friendly in appearance, and the little girl Hera, a new neighbor who has just moved in downstairs, asks him to play with the family together, and he is always patiently accompanied.
On Fox's birthday, his mother's boyfriend gave him a gift — a weekend dance class. The introverted Foss resists, but his mother warns him not to casually refuse the kindness of others. At his mother's repeated requests, he finally agreed to attend his first class. Coming to the door of the classroom and looking at the people who were talking easily in pairs, Foss suddenly felt nervous, so he walked out and sat back in his car, intending to stay until the end of the course and go home. Suddenly the wind was blowing, and the weather forecast said there would soon be a snowstorm. He was just about to drive away when Sophie, a young woman, knocked on the window and asked if she could hitchhike. Fox agreed. On the way, Sophie asks him why he is out there alone, saying that he doesn't like dance lessons. Sophie persuaded him to try it and agreed to see him next weekend.
On the surface, Fox's life seems to have changed, and he is still obsessed with making models, ignoring the pranks of his colleagues and occasionally playing games with her at Hera's invitation. Only on weekends, he freshened up early and prepared to go to the dance class, which surprised his mother.
In dance class, Fox tried to keep up with everyone's rhythm, but was always criticized by the teacher for lacking rhythm and movement. After class, he took Sophie to a familiar restaurant, and the owner of the restaurant was sincerely happy for him and offered two plates of free snacks. After eating, they drove to the river, and Foss called a private radio DJ asking to order a country ballad. The DJ was taken aback and when he learned that the song was ordered for Sophie, he encouraged Fox to be brave in his pursuit of happiness. Sophie invites Fox to sit at her house, and he, who has no experience in love, actually says that he wants to go home. The car drove some distance before he turned around, turned back and knocked on Sophie's door. The room was full of plants, and Sophie told Fox that she worked in the florist.
A few days later, Foss came to the travel agency to inquire about traveling abroad, hoping to go to a "warm place to get the sun", and the tour guide recommended a trip to Egypt for two. He came to the florist where Sophie worked with the information, but she was not there, and the boss said something in his words: "So, she will never come." Foss felt strange and parked the car near the florist, and soon a garbage collection truck came and it was Sophie who got out of the car and went to the florist to collect the garbage. In the evening, Foss arrives at Sophie's house, and she is furious that Foss should not spy on her life, but Foss says that he does not care about her work, and he takes out the information on his trip to Egypt, which Sophie hesitantly accepts.
Foss was again viciously teased by his colleagues, this time fighting back, pushing them to the ground. Deeply injured, he went home and slept with his head covered. After waking up, he went downstairs for a walk, Hera asked to go for a ride with him, and the two came to the river and watched the sunset set little by little. When he got back, there was a police car parked downstairs, and Hera's father ran nervously, took his daughter away, and yelled at Fox. The police askEd Fox to go to the police station to record a confession, he answered the questions in a vague manner, until he finally learned that he was being treated as a pedophile by his neighbors.
Another weekend, Fox came to the dance studio early, but could not find Sophie. After a few more days, he couldn't help but start to worry, came to Sophie's house, broke the glass window and broke in. The room was littered with garbage, the pet cat screamed with hunger, and sophie, who was depressed, locked herself in her bedroom and refused to open anything. Foss held the kitten and watched the living room all night. The next day, he made Breakfast for Sophie and went to the airport to ask his boss for a leave of absence. He went back to Sophie's house, fixed the glass windows, made lunch according to the recipe, and cleaned the room again. Sophie still refuses to come out, but worries that she will lose her job if she does not go to work. Fox said he would go to work for her. He came to the garbage factory and began to work for her, and to his surprise, Sophie's colleagues were so friendly that they invited him to the bar to watch a ball game.
Under Foss's meticulous care, Sophie was finally willing to come out of the room, take a bath, eat, and sleep. A few days later, she picked herself up, painted the room fresh, and took Fox to see a cottage along the street, saying that her ideal was to open a flower shop here.
After finishing their work in the garbage factory, Fox and Sophie became real lovers. Sophie plucked up the courage to invite him to move in with her, and he hesitated for a moment before agreeing. He went to say goodbye to Hera, but it was her father who opened the door, and he apologized to Fox for what had happened before.
With a yearning for a new life, Fox transports his things to Sophie's house, but when he moves things, Sophie suddenly stops, anxiously saying that she is not ready. Foss hugged her goodbye in a daze and moved his things back.
A few days later, Foss rented the street hut that Sophie had fancied and used his break to renovate it. He quietly put the address and key of the cottage into the mailbox of Sophie's house.
The moment Foss embarked on a solo journey to Egypt and stepped onto the plane bridge, he suddenly realized that he had not observed the familiar airport from this perspective. The plane took off, and Foss had a smile on his face that he had never had before.
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Literature lights up life
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