Insomnia (1997)

Directed by

Erik Skjoldbjærg

Genre

crime film, neo-noir

Country

Norway

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 326 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police detective travels to a small town in northern Norway to investigate a murder. He accidentally kills his partner during the investigation and tries to hide his mistake while the midnight sun keeps him from sleeping.

tensebleakslow-burnguilt-riddenclaustrophobicunsettlingatmosphericnoirish

What happens

Insomnia is a 1997 Norwegian neo-noir thriller film about a police detective investigating a murder in a town located above the Arctic Circle. The investigation goes horribly wrong when he mistakenly shoots his partner and subsequently attempts to cover it up. The title of the film refers to his inability to sleep, the result of his guilt, represented by the relentless glare of the midnight sun. Insomnia was the film debut of director Erik Skjoldbjærg. The screenplay was written by Nikolaj Frobenius and Skjoldbjærg with a soundtrack by Geir Jenssen. The film inspired the 2002 American remake Insomnia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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