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Writer:
Michael Walker (writer)
Release Date:
16 May 2001 (France) more
Tagline:
The nightmare begins when you open your eyes...
Plot:
A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance. | full synopsis
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2 wins more
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Jeff Daniels | ... | Ed Saxon |
 | Emily Bergl | ... | Sadie |
 | Gil Bellows | ... | Det. Derm |
 | Zach Grenier | ... | Geoffrey Costas |
 | Julian McMahon | ... | George |
 | Ben Shenkman | ... | Officer Stewart |
 | Molly Price | ... | Susie |
 | Patrick Moug | ... | Det. Snyder |
| Jeff Solano | ... | Arguing neighbor / Screwing neighbor |
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| Michelle Held | ... | Mrs. Mastrioni |
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Insomnies (Canada: French title) (France)
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Rated R for language, violence, some sexuality and drug content.
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104 min
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Iceland:16 | France:-12 | Spain:13 | USA:R
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Factual errors: When the doctor comes to visit Ed Saxon, he says: "I'm not a physician, I'm a psychiatrist." In order to become a psychiatrist, one must first be trained as a physician, then receive additional training in psychiatry. Therefore, all psychiatrists are physicians. more
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This is a great example of a movie that doesn't conform to Hollywood conventions. It is essentially about a man who awakes to realise his wife hasn't come home from work the day before, and what happens to him during the day while he waits for the police. The movie never leaves the man's house, apart from a very short scene in a hospital, and contains no soundtrack. By doing this it creates more tension than if it had a typical Hollywood soundtrack, made up of the usual scary music and screeching sounds. Also as the house begins to fall apart, it becomes more and more claustrophobic. The fact that the storyline is fluid and ambiguous could infuriate or bore some people, however it is chilling without resulting to blood or gore, and never even gives any real answers. Though nowhere near as good, it resembles a David Lynch movie, in that it challenges conventions of plot, and remains ambiguous throughout. Don't watch for any out and out shocks, but it is a movie that will grow on you, and one that you'll still be thinking about later.