Tómas Lemarquis,
Throstur Leo Gunnarsson,
Elín Hansdóttir,
Anna Fridriksdottir,
Hjalti Rognvaldsson
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Noi Albinoi is the feature-length debut from Icelandic filmmaker Dagur Kari. Set in an isolated fjord during the dead of winter, teenager Noi (Tomas Lemarquis) is stuck living with his grandma Lina (A... read more
DVD Release Date: October 12, 2004
Stats: 397 reviews
Thankfully there's enough substance here to keep you interested till the end & you can feel the boredom & dissatisfaction of the main character, I also liked the humorous nihilstic tone of the movie
Like most teenagers the world over, Noi(Tomas Lemarquis) has trouble getting up in the morning for school. With his father(Prostur Leo Gunnarsson) barely in his life, that leaves it for his grandmother(Anna Fridriksdottir) to fire a warning shot with her shotgun out his window. ... read more
Albino Noi hangs around in his small snowy village, too cool for school, too bored to do anything else. Not a lot happens apart from a rush of action at the end, but it's quietly mesmerizing, even if Noi is a bit of an idiot.
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Unique and mesmerizing debut from Dagur Kari. The setting of this small Icelandic town is stunning and at times almost surreal. We follow Noi as he searches for meaning in the bleakness of his surroundings and circumstances. It's a slice of life type of film, and the reason it wa... read more
I saw this as the Anti-Napoleon Dynamite. An outcast in a desolate area, bored with school and work, but Noi hopes to escape his bleak surroundings. Truly some beautiful moments.
Interestingly enough, it is easy to sympathize with Noi. He has very little excitement in his dark, Icelandic life. Semi-depressing yet oddly humourous. Overall, Noi was captivating, but not so much that I'd want to watch it very often.
Who can resist a movie set in a town where the natural history museum, filled with stuffed polar bears and such, is 'the wildest place in town'? Full Review
Kari may eventually go far, but for now he's one of the less interesting inhabitants of international art cinema's disaffected-youth ghetto.
As a drama, Nòi seems as cold as the icy land in which it takes place. But it still offers a glimpse into a rarely seen world, and more adventurous moviegoers will find it eye-opening. Full Review
A memorably bleak Icelandic exercise graced by the arresting performance of Tómas Lemarquis in the title role. Full Review
The film is so recessive that at times it threatens to disappear into itself, but director Kari saves it with delicious images of absurdity and entrapment. Full Review
Droll, dry and delicate, it's the kind of humor that makes it hard to decide if Noi is a comic story with tragic elements or the other way around. Full Review
Like its hero ... it's just a little too uninterested in being liked -- and a little too devoted to being flagrantly, foolishly odd. Full Review
The laconic Lemarquis does a solid job carrying off Kári's dryly mordant wit, making this eccentric story well worth watching. Full Review
Kari successfully meshes comedy, ennui and tragedy, much in the manner of Jim Jarmusch and Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki.
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