Insomnia
Insomnia
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1h 36m
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg • 1997 • Norway
Starring Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjørn Floberg
In this elegantly unsettling murder mystery, Stellan Skarsgård plays an enigmatic Swedish detective with a checkered past who arrives in a small town in northern Norway to investigate the death of a teenage girl. As he digs deeper into the facts surrounding the heinous killing, his own demons and the tyrannical midnight sun begin to take a toll. The success of Erik Skjoldbjærg’s chilling procedural anticipated the international hunger for Scandinavian noirs and serial-killer fictions, and the film features one of Skarsgård’s greatest performances.
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Near Winter
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg • 1993 • Norway
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Close to Home
Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg • 1994 • New Zealand
Erik Skjoldbjærg was the first Norwegian to attend the National Film and Television School in London, where he graduated in 1994. While there, he directed a number of short films, including CLOSE TO HOME.
