the movie be about paul ( páll ) a young man who sink into the harsh world of insanity and his stay at the mental hospital kleppur and his friend . victor ( viktor ) who during his education in england start to think he be adolf hitler . peter ( pétur ) who take to much lsd and try to fly of a roof top the fall leave no broken bone or physical damage only insanity and he be obbsesed with china . oli beatle ( óli bítill ) oli have spend most time at the hospital although viktor be slightly old then him and he claim he write every single beatles song and send it to them by telepathythe novel be well then the movie and cover all of pauls life from birth to his death and there be a long time since i saw the movie but if i remember it right the movie doesn not cover pauls childhood . englar alheimsins be funny and sad and powerful if you haven not see it watch it now . and read the novel first it make the movie well .