Insomnia (Criterion Collection) (DVD)

Norwegian filmmaker Erik Skjoldbjaerg makes his directorial debut with the psychological police drama Insomnia. Swedish homicide detective Jonas Engstrom Stellan Skarsgard 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 Hilda Haugen Gisken Armand, 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 Bjorn Floberg and Froya Marianne O. Ulrichsen. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan directed the English-language remake of Insomnia in 2002 with Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank.

Starring: Bjørn Floberg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stellan Skarsgsrd, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bj°rn Floberg, Maria Pujalte, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie, Maria Mathiesen, Kristian Figenschow, Thor Michael Aamodt, Frode Rasmussen, Bjorn Moan, Marianne O Ulrichsen, Malfrid Baik, Annie Berdahl, Katinka R Berge, Anja Bettvik, Egil Ragnar Bjurbeck, Truls Boholm, Odd-Roger Dahl, Jan Devold, Asbjorn Andreas Eide, Randi Elvestad, Siv Marie Eriksen, Kiku Ingrid Friedriksen, Kit Andre Wong Gaup, Gabrielle Sola Graatrud, Ketil Hansen, John Erik Hjemas, Asbjorn Helge Johansen, Line Skog Johansen, Terje Hermod Johansen, Morten Kampevold, Daniel Karlsson, Sitthinon Kiwan, Heike Kokko, Kim Renee Kristensen, Gunvor Kristiansen, Ivar Kristiansen, Jonas Overas Laberg, Rasmus Reidar Lange, Mai Oanh Hoang Le, Hakon Liv, Eva Lund, Tor Lund, Bard Markussen, Tassanee Muangnonthasri, Bente Reibo, Olvar Robert Iversen, Martin Sandbo, Tone Oraini Sekfirs, John Allan Selfors, Pal Reidar Skauge, Tormod Stangeland, Helge Stangnes, Kari Stangnes, Kim Stromstad, Sisai Suphan, Eli Saetereie, Kristin Elisabeth Thelle, Phong-Iam Thipphawan, Tore Thomassen, Friz Waage, Jorunn Waage, Bjorn Yri, Silje Jung Overnes, Johanna Zwaig

Director: Petter Borgli, Tom Remlov, Tomas Backstrom