It’s a film about seventeen-year-old Noah and his dreams, already coming to a freeze in a small, fjord-located town. He runs away from school, rebels against the local government and dreams of escaping from the village where he lives. Noah is not understood by classmates, teachers, or family. A loving but rapidly aging grandmother, an alcoholic father, and a distracted mother, these are people who suffocate Noah’s vibrant and energetic soul. But a girl named Iris moves out of town into the village of Noah. Hope arises. Her inspired Noah creates an unbroken plan to escape to Hawaii. The escape will not be so easy and predictable.
Great camera work, audacious storytelling style and universal theme in unique locations...
The film has toured many international film festivals and won many prizes...
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 33 min.
- Country, year
- Iceland, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark, 2003
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Icelandic
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Dagur Kári
- Screenplay
- Dagur Kari
- Cinematography
- Rasmus Videbæk
- Music
- Orri Jonsson, Dagur Kari
- Cast
- Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Anna Friðriksdóttir, Hjalti Rögnvaldsson
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Dagur Kári
Dagur Kári is an Icelandic director and writer. He has graduated from the National Film School of Denmark and created three short films. „Noi the Albino“ is his debute feature film wich achieved international succsess. A retrospective of the director (2006) and his newest feature „Fúsi“ (2015) were screend at „Scanorama“.
