This Icelandic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is based on Einar Már Gudmundsson’s book about his schizophrenic brother. Acclaimed director Fridriksson (Cold Fever) has translated it into a graceful, compassionate, and often light-hearted investigation of the fine line between sanity and madness. Paul lives a seemingly normal life with his parents in Reykjavik until increasingly erratic behavior compels them to commit him to an institution. There we meet a patient who claims to have written and telepathically communicated the entire oeuvre of the Beatles, an aristocratic gent who sometimes adopts the persona of Hitler, and a drug-abusing expert on the works of Friedrich Schiller. In this finely wrought character study, Fridriksson presents the humanity of mental illness and suggests the possibility for personal triumph over its control.