During the summer months in Norway, when the “midnight sun” causes 24 hours of daylight, detective Engström (Stellan Skarsgard) heads north of the Arctic Circle to solve a murder. Unable to sleep, he soon finds himself in a game of cat and mouse with a killer in this unnerving daytime film noir. Engström isn’t the only one who could use a nap: a recent study by One Earth found Americans are losing an average of 44 hours of sleep per year. Prior to INSOMNIA, Rush University Medical Center’s Dr. Upneet Chawla, (follow her on Instagram @sleeping.beauty_md) will explore how sleep deprivation impacts our lives in small and big ways, and consider how much sleep you really need to properly solve a murder.

Awards & Nominations

Nominee - Golden Camera, Cannes Film Festival

Science on Screen® In the Film Center’s fourth year of Science on Screen® programming, we decided we needed a little faith, some rest, to see the world through a new view, and to learn how to fight back—in that order. Join us as our guest experts explore everything from God to Jackie Chan, how to have fun with the science of 3-D, drive home the power of sleep, and teach you how to block a punch. Science on Screen® is an initiative of the COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, with major support from the ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION.

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu