This movie could easily be deemed as Black Swan's teenage cousin due to the extremely similar theme of darkness taking over, yet stripped of its surreal vanity due to all the teenage drama. However, what struck me with this film was the brilliantly haunting images! Many have discussed the name and how it basically means a piece of music influenced by night, but it is a bit more general than that; it'scmore like, a piece of art influenced by night and the movie does great work with this through both the nocturne imagery (the pictures in the book) and the nocturne musical score (the pieces they play.) I'm sure many will say that this movie is too pretentious but that's just it... Art is pretentious because it deals with such deep meaning... Art and the devil and God are all tied in together and this film weaves that concept in so delicately. Nothing is forced and nothing is hidden. What you see is what you get. The ending may be ambiguous, but if you simply open your mind to the idea of how perfection is simply impossible, you may understand it a bit more. Also, great work by two of the lead actresses! They definitely have a glossy future ahead of them!
