Odd Fish

2024 [IS]

Comedy / Drama

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 99%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 99%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 172 172

lgbt trans woman

Plot summary

Two childhood friends get a long-awaited opportunity to found and run a seafood restaurant together. When one of them comes out of the closet as a trans woman, their friendship gets tested.

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958.48 MB
1280*534
Is 2.0
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25 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 11
1.92 GB
1920*800
Is 5.1
NR
Subtitles us   bg   cz   hr   hu   mk   pl   ro   sl   sr  
25 fps
1 hr 44 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 10 / 10

A Quiet, Courageous Film That Stays With You

This film affected me more deeply than I expected. Not through overwhelming emotion, but by gently reflecting something we still struggle with: truly celebrating diversity.I found myself unexpectedly moved - not out of sadness, but because the film reminds us how narrow-minded we can be, even when we consider ourselves tolerant. It does not accuse; it asks its questions with warmth and respect.Odd Fish (Ljósvíkingar) is a calm, humane, and courageous film. The writing and performances are strong throughout.This is a film that opens a door - and leaves us with questions we should not forget to ask ourselves.
Reviewed by 10 / 10

transphobia based on ignorance

Ljósvíkingar is a sweet little film from Iceland about transphobia based on ignorance. True, Iceland has been one of the most LGBTQ accepting countries for decades, but it looks like for an average ignorant person accepting transgender people is far more difficult than homosexuality, and even that is easier "if it's not your son". So the film is focused exactly on that, the main character being not the LGBTQ person but the transphobic one, the one that needs to understand things and undergo a transformation. Apart from that, the film praises family values alongside the national and cultural legacy, which can happily coexist with understanding and acceptance.
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