An Iclandic coming of age tale, this is an unrevolutionary but perfectly well structured and charming film. We are slightly unsure why the lead is an albino, apart from that it makes the point that it rather doesn't matter he is aan albino. It has a light tone throughout, whimsical even, and scenes of fine comedy on occasion. The central thrust, if rather ridiculous at the end, is a curious but all the same traditional tale of the end of adolescence and the entrance of real life.
If we were being cruel, we would say it is neither a particularly dramatic (satisfying) drama nor a particularly comedic comedy. Failing to fit into these genre straightjackets is not a fault a priori (though we'd be lying if we didn't mention that it often leads contemporary European cinema to rather pointless blind alleys)however, and the film just about manages, through well paced direction and the beautiful sweeping backdrops of the landscape, along with a healthy variety of twists and subplots, to keep us involved in the ultimately rather surreal tale.
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