a filter. We get up in the morning in possession of certain assumptions through which all of our experiences must filter. We cannot be rid of those assumptions, although an evolved person can at least try to take them into account. Most people never question their assumptions, and so reality exists for them as they think it does, whether it does or not. Some assumptions are necessary to make life bearable, such as the assumption that we will not die in the next 10 minutes. Others may lead us, as they lead Trevor, into a bleak solitude. Near the end of the movie, we understand him when he simply says, 'I just want to sleep.'" See also List of Spanish films of 2004 Fatal insomnia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - Real diseases that may have inspired the plot of this film Insomnia (2002 film) A Beautiful Mind (film) Memento (film) References External links 2004 films 2000s thriller drama films 2004 independent films 2004 psychological thriller films Spanish drama films Spanish thriller films English-language Spanish films Films directed by Brad Anderson Fiction with unreliable narrators Films set in factories Films set in Los Angeles Films shot in Barcelona Films shot in Spain Spanish independent films Paramount Vantage films Films scored by Roque Baños Filmax films Castelao Producciones films Insomnia in film 2004 drama films 2000s English-language films 2000s Spanish films Spanish psychological thriller films