# Noi the Albino (2003)

> A misfit teenager’s dream of escaping a snowbound Icelandic fjord becomes a sharply comic, haunting portrait of isolation and failed freedom.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1151

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Dagur Kári
- Cast: Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Hjalti Rögnvaldsson, Pétur Einarsson, Anna Friðriksdóttir
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351461/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: deadpan, melancholic, bleak, quiet evening, winter afternoon

## Synopsis

A young man's dreams of escape collide with the harsh realities of life in a remote village.

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