Sleepless (2001 film)

Sleepless
Directed by	Dario Argento
Produced by	Dario Argento Claudio Argento
Written by	Dario Argento Franco Ferrini
Starring	Max von Sydow Stefano Dionisi Chiara Caselli Roberto Zibetti Gabriele Lavia
Music by	Goblin
Cinematography	Ronnie Taylor
Editing by	Anna Rosa Napoli
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	117 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian English
Budget	$4,000,000

Sleepless (Italian: Non ho Sonno) is a 2001 horror film by Dario Argento. The film stars Max von Sydow and Stefano Dionisi and marks Argento's return to the giallo subgenre. The film was another box office success when it opened in Italy, taking in over 5,019,733,505 Italian Lira ($3,280,080) by end of its theatrical run.

Plot

Sleepless opens with Detective Ulisse Moretti (Max von Sydow) investigating a series of murders in Turin in 1983 known as The Dwarf Murders. The main suspect, a giallo novelist named Vincenzo de Fabritiis, turns up dead and the case is considered closed. However, seventeen years later, a similar series of murders begin and draw the since retired Moretti back into the case. Moretti teams up with Giacomo (Stefano Dionisi), whose mother was murdered in the 1983 spree, to determine if de Fabritiis is still alive or was actually innocent of the crimes for which he was accused. As the murders continue, the investigating duo discovers that the murderer is arranging their murder to an old nursery rhyme about the killing of animals.

Cast

• Max von Sydow ... Ulisse Moretti
• Stefano Dionisi ... Giacomo Gallo
• Chiara Caselli ... Gloria
• Roberto Zibetti ... Lorenzo Betti
• Gabriele Lavia ... Dr. Betti
• Paolo Maria Scalondro ... Chief Inspector Manni
• Rossella Falk ... Laura de Fabritiis
• Roberto Accornero ... Fausto
• Barbara Lerici ... Angela
• Guido Morbello ... Young Detective
• Massimo Sarchielli ... Leone
• Diego Casale ... Beppe
• Alessandra Comerio ... Mrs. Betti
• Elena Marchesini ... Mel
• Aldo Massasso ... Detective Cascio

Alternate versions

The original US video release from Artisan Entertainment was heavily edited for content. Every murder sequence in the film was trimmed down for less graphic violence, including the decapitation murder of the ballet dancer which omits the image of the head hitting the floor. In all over a minutes worth of footage was cut.

European DVD releases of the film are completely uncut.

External links

• Non ho sonno at the Internet Movie Database
• Non ho sonno at AllRovi