Product Description
Grittily downbeat Scandinavian thrillers have recently become a literary, television and cinematic phenomenon. The novelist Stieg Larsson gets much of the credit, but so too should Erik Skjoldbjærg s debut feature, which made enough of a splash in 1997 to earn itself a Hollywood remake starring Al Pacino - but, as so often, it s the original that s the best. In Tromsø, in the far north of Norway, a teenage girl is murdered by an unusually meticulous killer, and the local police decide they need expert assistance - but criminal investigator Engström (Stellan Skarsgård) quickly finds that his Swedish accent and unfamiliarity with the territory mark him as an awkward outsider. When a colleague accidentally dies during a shootout in thick fog, Engström uses this as an excuse to start tampering with evidence, a slippery slope whose psychological downside is intensified by the oppressive 24-hour daylight playing havoc with his sleep...
Special Features
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Norwegian
Region 0
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Norwegian
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Original Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
Chapter Points
English
Norwegian
Region 0
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Norwegian
Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Original Theatrical Trailer
Stills Gallery
Chapter Points
English
Review
…a chilly, cerebral…downbeat thriller --Empire
Product Description
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Norwegian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN, SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: Norwegian filmmaker Erik Skjoldbjжrg makes his directorial debut with the psychological police drama Insomnia. Swedish homicide detective Jonas Engstrцm (Stellan Skarsgеrd) and his partner, Erik Vik (Sverre Anker Ousdal), arrive in a small Northern Norwegian town to help the local police investigate the murder of a teenage girl. When Jonas finds the girl's backpack, he sets a trap for the killer near a remote shed. While waiting to make an ambush in the morning fog, Jonas accidentally shoots Erik. He knows it was only an accident, but he decides to keep it a secret because he could lose his job. Jonas chooses to carry on with his investigation while trying to cover up the evidence of Erik's death. Meanwhile, he's unable to get any sleep due to the constant sunlight of the Norwegian summer and his increasingly guilty conscience. His only help comes from highly intuitive local police officer Ane (Maria Bonnevie), who begins to form her own doubts about Jonas. As he continues to lose his grip on the case at hand, he becomes dangerously close to the suspects, Jon Holt (Bjшrn Floberg) and Frшya (Marianne O. Ulrichsen).
...Insomnia
...Insomnia
