Movie2003·GB, IS, DE, DK·1h 30min

Noi the Albino

Name: Noi the Albino
Genre: Drama
Released: 2003-02-28T00:00:00Z
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.95
Cast: Tómas Lemarquis, Dagur Kári, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Hjalti Rögnvaldsson

Nói albínói

Nói would like to be loved. Nói would like to become rich. Nói would like to escape to Hawaii.

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Premiere

Feb2003

Studios

Essential Filmproduktion M&M Productions The Bureau ZDF Zik Zak Filmworks

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Synopsis

Noi the Albino (Nói albínói, 2003) is an Icelandic drama by Dagur Kári that you can watch online on iFILM. Seventeen-year-old Nói — pale, shaven-headed, perpetually restless — drifts through a tiny village on a fjord that snow and mountains seal off every winter.

He skips school, clashes with nearly every adult around him, and finds his one bright spot in Íris, a city girl working the local gas station. Together they dream of slipping away somewhere warm, and Nói's clumsy attempts to break free only drag him deeper into trouble. Kári's debut runs on mood rather than plot: dry northern humor, bone-white framing, a sense of time frozen in place. Tómas Lemarquis carries the title role. A quiet film for anyone drawn to Scandinavian melancholy without a loud payoff. Stream Noi the Albino (2003) online on iFILM.

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