Suffering from insomnia, a young industrial worker, who does not sleep for a year, struggles against survival, as he begins to doubt his sanity, as he begins to be chased by a work mate only him can see, so he does his best, in order to revenge by following the mysterious notes written in the fridge.
If Nine Inch Nails, Swans and Ministry ever loomed large in the landscape of your imagination, Anderson's gloomy aesthetic may exert a sour but lingering pull.
Until now Bale's screen persona has been defined by a graceful athleticism; here his physicality is repellent, yet he carries the occasionally creaky plot of Scott Kosar's unsettling screenplay to a resonant finish.
