| Sleepless | |
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| 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.
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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.
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 minute worth of footage was cut.
European DVD releases of the film are completely uncut.
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