Monday, September 8, 2008

Nói Albinói (2003)

Nói Albinói is a coming of age story set in an isolated fishing town in western Iceland. There is everything you would expect in a story like this – teenage love, defiance in education, intellectually gifted teenager, family problems, and death. Even though this is such an overused template, Dagur Kári finds a way to take this film a step further and single itself out there amongst the plethora of films similar to this. It just may be the fact that it’s a teen angst film set in a remote western Icelandic fiord that does this; nonetheless, it accomplishes a difficult task of removing itself from the mundane troubled-teen film genre. The lifeless little village where Nói resides has fleeting glimpses of a happier tomorrow, but only after disaster and utter obliteration of his family, friends, and town is he able to attain his View-Master’s promised tropical paradise. A story of rebellion, misdirection, and realization, Nói Albinói is one for the isolated and lonely at heart.

7.5/10 - steven

4 comments:

Ian said...

i actually saw this film when i was a sophomore in HS. i think i pretty much agree with you.

steven said...

we watched it in my basement...

Ian said...

i was positive i saw it alone. are you sure?

steven said...

maybe you saw it a different time. i am sure that some of us watched it in my basement.