Nói Albinói

In a tiny village located in the remote West Fjords of Iceland, Noi lives a strangely quiet life with his grandmother. A 17-year-old afflicted by the typical symptoms of teenage angst, who longs for freedom and independence, Noi makes for an excellent character study. His existence is anything but typical given the challenges that the Icelandic climate presents. Noi must shovel the snow away from the front door of his house in order to even open the door and get out in the morning, and he passes his free time firing a rifle at the mighty ice cycles that hang threateningly from the local hills. When he's not calming his alcoholic father after fits of rage, Noi hangs out at the gas station where the beautiful daughter of the local bookshop owner works. The surprising ending, which puts a very different perspective on this otherwise basic tale of Icelandic adolescence, brings a pensive fatalism to NOI.
 "The laconic Lemarquis does a solid job carrying off Kári's dryly mordant wit, making this eccentric story well worth watching." -- Elizabeth Weitzman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
  "Teen angst, Icelandic style, rendered with a slyly humorous." -- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY
  "A playfully quirky and, ultimately, unexpectedly affecting portrait of a 17-year-old slacker." -- Michael Rechtshaffen, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
  "Kari successfully meshes comedy, ennui and tragedy, much in the manner of Jim Jarmusch and Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki." -- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
  "A lightly comic slacker drama that takes the desperation of teenage tedium seriously." -- Dennis Lim, VILLAGE VOICE