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Noi the Albino

Name: Noi the Albino
Released: 2003

Nói albínói

2003

A restless, misfit teenager trapped in a snowbound Icelandic fjord village dreams of escaping the bleak, isolated life around him, falling for a girl at the local gas station. Dagur Kári's dryly funny, melancholy coming-of-age drama.

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An Icelandic coming-of-age film rooted in an isolated Icelandic fjord town and local youth alienation.

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Part of 10 Essential Icelandic Films

This film is stop 4 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Iceland. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Iceland in the 196 country film challenge.