Noi the Albino (2003)

Original title

Nói albínói

Directed by

Dagur Kári

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Iceland, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 109 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage outcast named Noi lives in a tiny Icelandic fishing village. He feels trapped by the monotony and cold isolation around him and dreams of escaping.

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What happens

Noi the Albino (Icelandic: Nói albinói; ) is an Icelandic film by director Dagur Kári released in 2003. The film explores the life of teenage outsider Nói (played by Tómas Lemarquis) in a remote fishing village in western Iceland. It won multiple awards. Nói albinói was filmed in Bolungarvik (pop. 957), a fishing village in the far northwest of Iceland, located on the Westfjords peninsula. The moody original musical score is from the director's band, Slowblow. The Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan called the movie "singular enough to have swept the Eddas, the Icelandic Academy Awards" and noted that it was a selection in "dozens of film festivals." Skye Sherwin of the BBC called it "a coming-of-age tale, bound between grinding humdrum and exquisite surrealism." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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