NOI THE ALBINO, 2003
Movie Review

NOI THE ALBINO, 2003
Movie Review
Directed by Dagur Kári
Starring: Tómas Lemarquis, Elin Hansdottir
Review by Russell Hill

SYNOPSIS:

An eccentric teenager living in an Icelandic Fjord finds himself crawling from one mishap to another, but one day he meets a beautiful girl who changes his life forever.

Multiple award winning film for best film in the festival circuit.

Also received multiple Icelandic and Nordic Awards in their various award shows.

REVIEW:

Discovered by pure accident, this reviewer is sure happy that he came across Dagur Kari’s tale of an isolated teenager who wishes to leave his home for pastures new and make a life for himself.

Played to perfection by Lemarquis, the character of Noi is certainly an oddball to say the least. Lacking any form of goal in life whatsoever, he drifts through the film’s events in helpless wonder at his own lack of personal drive. That is until he meets Iris (Hansdottir), where he discovers that with help from others he can achieve the dreams he never thought he had. Most of his dreams are lacklustre at best, but at least he tries to aspire to have them.

Now, enough of this Hollywood bullshit that everything in life will end up hunky-dory, tickety-boo or whatever Disney crap you see in modern Hollywood movies. This movie tells how life might really end up, rather than be a picture of Walton-esque situation with characters smiling so fucking wide that it makes you want to take your shoe off and ram it down their mouthes. NOI THE ALBINO is that good it will make you want to seek out other Icelandic films.

Iceland is not the warmest of countries, and at no point do we see any sight of a warm climate. The isolation created by huge snowdrifts and the fjords themselves adds an eerie feel to the film. I wondered at one point whether Norman Bates would turn up in his mothers best wielding a butchers knife, ready to hack at any poor bastard that passed his way.

The best credit of the movie has to go to Lemarquis. His gormless yet loveable acting makes this loner character quite adorable, and at no point does he overstep the line into pure annoyance. You can truly believe that he is a lost soul and will never amount to anything, which is certainly not an easy act to pull off. Think Napoleon Dynamite but with less hair and no glasses.

Hansdottir’s Iris is definitely worth a mention to watch. Her wide-eyed, rabbit in the headlights expression make her look quite innocent but deep down we truly know that she too despises the town she finds herself living in. At first, hers and Noi’s relationship is as frosty as the snow outside the café she works in but as she and Noi continuously meet she soon becomes keen on him. Hansdottir’s acting really is top-drawer and surely worthy of awards when this was released. But, of course, the awards never came. One of the mysteries of the world I guess.

I won’t lie to you but this film is never going to cheer you up. But, with his unusually reassuringly negativity that makes you believe in the human spirit (I know, how cheesy did that sound) then NOI THE ALBINO is certainly a movie to catch and absolutely a classic.

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