A man mourning the death of his wife battles a severe sleepwalking problem while exploring the darkness of his soul through alcohol and anonymous sex.
Caleb Jax wanders the streets of New York in a haze. His wife's death and the suffocating atmosphere of the big city have transformed the once successful Wall Street analyst into a sleepwalker haunted by his inner demons. One night, he meets a mysterious woman who tells him that he has two weeks to find his soul, or he will die. His journey becomes a nightly odyssey in which he meets different characters: a homeless man, a retired police officer and a livery driver. He also contacts his former psychiatrist. However, in an attempt to salve his wounds, Jax falls into an elegiac mix of alcohol and anonymous sex. Can someone still save him, or will he be drawn into a world that lies somewhere between reality and a dream?—Anonymous
Caleb Jax, a lonely, grief-stricken man mourning the death of his wife, wanders the streets of Manhattan night after night suffering from a severe case of sleepwalking. One night, he encounters a mysterious woman who says he has two weeks to find his soul or he will die. Narrating his continued nocturnal odyssey around the city as his psychological state deteriorates, Mr. Jax meets a strange assortment of fellow lost souls, including a homeless man, a retired police officer, and a livery driver. He also becomes reacquainted with a beautiful, but flawed psychiatrist. Can they help him before it's too late? Or is his mind too far gone? The answer lies somewhere between his demons and the American dream. It is the personal and sociological horror of one man's dark-night-of-the-soul journey, a glimpse at what it means to be human early in the second decade of the 21st century.
