Noi the Albino

Noi the Albino

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:2003-02-28
Genre:Drama
Duration:90 min
Director:Dagur Kári
Actors:Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Hjalti Rögnvaldsson, Pétur Einarsson
Production:Zik Zak Filmworks, M&M Productions, The Bureau, Essential Filmproduktion, ZDF

Overview:

17 year old Nói drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Nói dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Íris, a city girl who works in a local gas station. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control.

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