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Noi the Albino
Original Title
Nói Albínói- Director: Dagur Kári
- Writer: Dagur Kári
- Producer: Philippe Bober; Soledad Gatti-Pascual
CGiii Comment
Palm trees in Iceland - not what you would expect.
The debut from Dagur Kári is a delicious coming-of-age from the perspective of the outsider.
Beautifully shot, heartfelt and thoroughly intelligent - quite unlike most in this genre and superior without doubt.
A triumph.
And, an award for the finest birthday cake ever made for a movie.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas staion. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world.
Cast & Characters
Tómas Lemarquis as Nói;
Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson as Kiddi Beikon;
Elín Hansdóttir as Íris;
Anna Friðriksdóttir as Lína;
Hjalti Rögnvaldsson as Óskar;
Pétur Einarsson as Prestur;
Kjartan Bjargmundsson as Gylfi;
Þorsteinn Gunnarsson as Þórarinn Skólastjóri;
Guðmundur Ólafsson as Alfreð Kennari;
Haraldur Jónsson as Teitur Sálfræðingur;
Gérard Lemarquis as Frönskukennari;
Greipur Gíslason as Dabbi;
Páll Loftsson as Pabbi Dabba / Bankastjóri;
Ásdís Thoroddsen as Bankastarfsmaður;
Ásmundur Ásmudsson as Barþjónn