CAST AND CREW

DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan

WRITING CREDITS
Hilary Seitz

CAST
Al Pacino Det. Will Dormer
Hillary Swank Walter Finch
Patrick Borriello Det. Ellie Burr

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A police detective who accidentally kills his partner during a murder investigation in a tiny Alaskan town. He then gets blackmailed by the killer into pinning both deaths on an innocent person.

Will Dormer(Al Pacino) , a veteran LAPD detective who travels to a small Alaskan town with his partner Hap(Martin Donovan) to investigate the disturbing murder of a seventeen years-old girl. Under the glare of the region's perpetual daylight , Domer and Hap close in on the primary suspect , reclusive novelist Walter Finch(Robin Williams).During a tense stakeout on a rocky , fog-shrouded beach , Finch slips into the mist and out of Dormer's grasp.As he makes his escape , shots ring out...and hap is killed.

As he struggles to cope with his sense of responsibility and remorse over his partner's death , Dormer is forced into a psychological game of cat-and-mouse by the brilliantly malevolent Finch.The stakes escalate as Domer conteds with an unproven but perceptive local cop(Hillary Swank) and becomes increasingly entangled in Finch's web of manipulation. Unable to find respite from the relentless Midnight Sun or his own distorted judgment , the dangerously sleep-deprived detective finds his stability gravely threatened.