The Insomniac is a 2013 American whodunit psychological thriller written by Eddy Salazar and Peter Kenneth Jones, and directed by Monty Miranda.
The feature film stars Salazar in the title role, Clare Grant, Keith Szarabajka, John Heard, and Danny Trejo.
The Insomniac centers around John Figg (Salazar), a financial adviser who develops a severe case of self-induced insomnia after the house he recently inherited from his deceased father gets brutally ransacked and robbed.
There, he begins his life anew with his trusty dog Timber, his soon-to-be fiancée Martha (Grant), and his new job promotion from his quirky boss Paul Epstein (Heard).
The day after that, after a successful meeting with his biggest client, Jairo Torres (Trejo), he goes home to find his house completely ransacked and robbed, his dog missing, and his father's ashes scattered on the ground.
On a radio interview, Salazar revealed that he couldn't sleep profoundly for two weeks due to the ambient sounds outside his house, fearing that someone was trying to break in again.
"[6] Leonardo Santana at Summit Daily News wrote, "If Agatha Christie and Roman Polanski got together for a cup of coffee – or, more likely, over proof rum mixed with black tea, also known as a Jägertee -- they would come up with a story line close to The Insomniac, a risky film oscillating between a classic melodrama and an up-tempo thriller."
Grab a love story measure, add a whodunnit film touch, a pinch of horror and a heavy load of elegant camera work and photography.