 Nocturnia is a teen drama with a twist. Dawson s Creek meets Brazil if you will... In which a timid young man slowly descends into a pit of madness and sucks all his friends in with him. What starts as a meditative observation on adolescent turmoil slowly morphs into the disturbing exploration of a diseased mind. A unique genre experiment: The Coming-of-Age Thriller. The setting of Nocturnia is a nameless college town. Presumably in the US, but the idea is that this could be anywhere. We meet a timid young man named Michael Daly - a freshman in college who has lived in this town all his life. The story deals with his egocentric self-absorption and the obsessive feelings of presumed love that he has for a young girl named Charlotte True. Michael s dilemma is the emotional axis on which this narrative spins. Many characters come into play. There is Thom Mc Mahon - A college graduate who acts like a surrogate older brother to Michael and is still hard at work on his thesis. He represents all that Michael wants to become. He has many friends, a seemingly perfect girlfriend and a well rounded life. The irony being that Thom actually has more problems and is the cause of more turmoil than Michael wants to believe. Then we have Michael s best friend Remy Chappelle - a down-to-earth young man whose main interests are video games and anime. He s always there to give Michael a shoulder to lean on, even at the expense of being an emotional punching bag for his buddy s tantrums. There is Sammie Yorke - a perky freshman who may hold the key to Michael s salvation if only he would open the door. There is Andrew Monroe - a snooty rich kid with deep resentments towards Thom, stemming from a long-standing grudge. A grudge and an obsession that much like Michael s can only lead to more pain for all involved. And finally, we have Charlotte s boyfriend Alton James - he struts into town on the eve of becoming a national rock star and stands in between Michael and Charlotte as a living obstacle he can never hope to overcome. All these characters and their dramas come together in an odd coming-of-age tapestry that features sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, lust, madness, violence, death and a male menstruation scene that is impossible to describe or forget. This is the unique experience of Nocturnia.