A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.
Direction
Shults turns LA into a purgatory you can't escape.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a $50,000 music video—because it basically is.
Acting
Ortega's chaos energy vs. Abel's hollowed-out husk—chef's kiss.
Director
Trey Edward Shults
The Weeknd
The Weeknd
Jenna Ortega
Anima
Barry Keoghan
Lee
Riley Keough
Girl on Voicemail / Mother (voice)
Ash T
Doctor
Paul L. Davis
Lavi
Sebastian Villalobos
Security
Roman Mitichyan
Driver
Ibrahim Ivan Troy Simonin
Child Abel
Kiara Liz
Jessica
Olga Safari
Veronica
Michael Buhen
Tiki Bartender
Victoria McGrath
Pinkie
Roy Williams Jr.
Cop
Trey Edward Shults
Man on Rollercoaster (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Weeknd scrapped his entire album rollout to turn this into a companion film—commitment to the bit or genuine artistic crisis? You decide.
Shults and Tesfaye bonded over shared insomnia during production; the film's sleepless quality isn't aesthetic—it's autobiographical exhaustion.
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