Insomnia

Insomnia

  • Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg
  • Writer: Nikolaj Frobenius,Erik Skjoldbjærg
  • Countries of origin: Norway
  • Language: Norwegian, Swedish
  • Release date: May 29, 1998
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Безсоння
  • "Insomnia" is a crime film directed by Eric Skolbjorg and starring Maria Mathiesen and Stellan Skarsgard.
    The film tells the story of two crime investigators who travel to a town in northern Norway to help solve the murder of a young girl.

    Details

    • Release date May 29, 1998
    • Filming locations Tromsø, Norway
    • Production companies Norsk Film, Nordic Screen Production AS, Norsk Filminstitutt

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $227,569

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $20,366

    Gross worldwide

    $227,569

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dawn 2022-12-26 00:42:15

      hard-to-find disc

      I just watched INSOMNIA again last night with English subtitles, and I felt sleepy and tired to catch the murderer with Stellan. Erik Skjoldbjærg was just 33 years old when he directed this film, one of Stellan's more important early works. The film received rave reviews at the Cannes screening, and the Internet also hailed "Stellan, this Gary Cooper from Scandinavia... those absent but determined eyes..."

      Another reviewer said that "Skarsgård perfectly embodies that moral ambiguity"...

    • By Carter 2022-12-05 00:31:17

      Endless day, eternal guilt.

      1. The terrifying story told by the male protagonist's partner Vik (there was a couple standing there in his hotel room saying that they were the Vik couple), and the male protagonist was ashamed and felt that his dead partner was sitting in his room. What is the inner connection of the plot in the room on a psychological level? First of all, needless to say, the "other" Vik when Vik was alive, and the "ghost" after Vik's death, both are uninvited guests, redundant, currently unnecessary, and...

    • By Jakob 2022-11-19 09:15:18

      eternal day

      Insomnia is a 1997 Norwegian film, the first work directed by Norwegian director Eric Scibjorg, and his best work to date. In 2002, Christopher Nolan recruited Robin Williams and Al Pacino, two acting male stars, to remake this Norwegian film together, but the reputation was moderate.

      "Insomnia" is a police movie. It observes a police detective's case handling process in a single-line way. The plot is not special, but the method is very interesting. The plot of the film mainly tells...

    • By Trystan 2022-11-15 06:37:39

      Tormenting Eternal Day

      The perpetual daylight in Norway is a distraction, especially for a police detective who is pursuing one murder and making another.

      This is Norway's 1997 Cannes award-winning film "Insomnia," an excellent psychological thriller, so good that Nolan's remake "Insomnia" five years later couldn't surpass it even with three excellent actors.

      Norwegian's original version of the single-line plot, without any elaboration, shows strength in plainness. The highlights of the movie are pale...

    • By Frank 2022-10-27 00:40:11

      The cat-eyed villain is around, and the charitable aunt makes the old thousand

      After watching it for 10 minutes, make sure that you have seen this movie. After watching it, Nolan has remade it, and Pacino starred. I watched it a few months ago, and it should be. This original version is really awesome. The details and buttons that the director poured into are too ingenious. Watching the movie has been suppressed until the end, and the multi-topic discussion is why the human nature fucking movie is realistic and proportional. Nolan's remake is also serious, redesigning the...

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    • By Yvonne 2023-09-22 14:39:33

      The murder short film at the beginning is very cold and weird, with a strong dark net temperament, and from the perspective of the whole film, the atmosphere is also very cold and alienated, and the Nordics are really suitable for crime...

    • By Retha 2023-09-19 11:29:50

      Nolan likes this movie so much, but unfortunately it is not as rigorous as he himself, and it still shows the temperament of a simple low-budget movie. In general, the transition is relatively smooth, but it still can't highlight the insomnia, and it lacks the shooting skills of fantasy and...

    • By Darwin 2023-09-09 01:58:59

      How dare you say this is better than Nolan's version! Although there is a CC version, this film is also a Nordic B-level film. I've seen Nolan's and it's too much to play Samsung. Director, did you forget that the title of the film is Insomnia, how many cuts will you die? I guess Nolan must go out and complain for a while after watching this film, and then decide to make it himself... In addition, the only highlight of this film is killing dogs, which is something Nolan dare not...

    • By Richard 2023-09-05 23:19:40

      This is a movie that can cure insomnia. The photography, plot, and style are all cold tones, and the ending is...

    • By Foster 2023-08-31 21:19:08

      Frosty face, slender body and sloping shoulders are rare. There is no peak moment in the process of covering up the truth, neither frivolous nor dignified, and the quiet veteran is terrifying. The American version is more prominent in meeting opponents, while the original version is solitary and prudent and has no opponents. There is no exciting scene like the rolling wood in the American version, and there is no need for it. Finally, the whole body retreated. The night suddenly fell, and...

    Movie quotes

    • Ane: I never remember how people look. Just the impression they make.