Mia Nox (Kristina Klebe) is a classical pianist at the height of her fame and bound to play at Carnegie Hall in only a few months time. Her younger boyfriend Roman (Byron Clohessy), a jazz giutarist, seems to go nowhere and spends his most time drinking and sleeping on her couch during the days. Then though Mia has a horsriding accident that paralyzes her from the waist down, and now she's reliant on Roman nursing her - and he does a good job, too. Now phyxically, she should be perfectly able to get back to 100% mobility, but there is a mental block that won't let her despite her honest attempts - which is doubly annoying as without the use of her legs she can't handle the pedals of her piano and thus is unfit to play Carnegie Hall. In the meantime though, Roman's career takes off, which he tries to hide from Ma as he tries to protect her feelings. However, once she finds out, including that he got her date at Carnegie Hall, it makes her all the more mad, to a point where she starts to show signs of jealousy that are at least in part unfounded (this is actually left open in the film. Thing is, Mia also starts to have visions that stem from nightmare territory - and thus it's hardly surprising that despite her condition she gradually becomes a threat to herself and others ...

 Nox is quite unusual film as it refuses to be fitted in a single category. Sure, on the surface it's a drama about a suffering woman and her fight back to both physical and mental health - pretty much a genre trope. But the longer the story goes on, the more it's infused of elements of horror, thriller, fantasy and even surrealism, to the point where the film questions its own reality - and has the audience question it, too. And a very stylish directorial effort surely helps with this, too, but what really makes the movie is Kristina Klebe's bold central performance, and she's surrounded by an able cast for sure. In all then a pretty unique and very worthwhile movie.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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