DVD Review: Noi (B)

Nói albinói (2003)
Directed by Dagur Kári
MPAA: PG-13
Grade: B

Review by Scott Standish

This first feature from Icelandic director Dagur Kari is bold and satisfying. Winner of 10 festival film awards, this is an excellent movie.

17 year old Noi is intensely smart yet bored with his school, his surroundings and his lonely life. The fjords are cut off from the outside world in the winter, so he feels isolated in this slow moving world with no personality. He dreams of escaping with his girlfriend Iris. But can he make the move, and will Iris go with him?

Noi is a very unusual film with a very nice visual style. The eclectic style of actor Tómas Lemarquis lends itself to the mise en scen well. This is a very good film and highly recommended.