Insomnia
Insomnia
“ A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime. ”
CINEMA2002-05-24
RegionUS
Runtime118 MIN
Media TypeMovie
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Endless daylight magnifies guilt, exhaustion, and moral compromise as a detective slowly loses control of both judgment and self.”
“Christopher Nolan captures the psychological disintegration of an insomnia-ridden LAPD detective under the midnight sun.”
Storyline
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
Christopher Nolan
KEYWORDS
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