![]() ![]() That film, its location transferred to Alaska, adheres reasonably closely to the plot laid down in the original, but it does deviate in some key areas. ‘Insomnia’ is a 1997 Norwegian film, the debut full-length feature of its director and co-writer Erik Skjoldbjærg, who went on to make the English-language indie film ‘Prozac Nation’, which went through months of test screenings and re-edits and was finally released in 2001 to generally negative reviews.Īn American remake of ‘Insomnia’, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank, was released in 2002. Holt witnesses what really happened and a game of cat and mouse develops, with the two of them setting up Tanja’s boyfriend Eilert, planting evidence to suggest that he was the killer of both victims. ![]() The world-weary Engström is unable to sleep during the midnight sun and during a bungled stakeout he shoots his partner, killing him, but attempts to cover up what happened, blaming the murder suspect, Jon Holt, a local writer of cheap crime thrillers. When a teenage girl, Tanja Lorentzen, is found murdered in a small town located above the Arctic Circle in North Norway, Swedish police detective Jonas Engström and his colleague Erik Vik are sent to investigate. Starring Stellan Skarsgård ( Jonas Engström), Sverre Anker Ousdal ( Erik Vik), Gisken Armand ( Hilde Hagen), Bjørn Floberg ( Jon Holt), Kristian Figenschow ( Arne Zakariassen), Thor Michael Aamodt ( Tom Engen), Bjørn Moan ( Eilert), Maria Bonnevie ( Ane), Marianne O Ulrichsen ( Frøya) and Maria Mathiesen ( Tanja Lorentzen) Written by Nikolaj Fobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg
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