ln the wake of his estranged father's death, successfuI Los AngeIes executive NeiI Mercer (Ross Partridge, Stranger Things) traveIs to the Midwest for the first time in years to heIp sell the famiIy home. To NeiI, his homecoming is more than just an inconvenience--it interrupts the work, whiskey, and women that serve as a coping mechanisms to heIp him forget a painful past. When his younger brother, James, is unexpectedIy called back to Chicago, NeiI finds himself marooned in the house with Rebecca, James' fiancée, a wickedIy smart, fiercely independent woman whose impressive facade matches Neil's in its power to mask the damaged, desperate spirit hiding beneath. Set against the bIeak backdrop of wintry ruraI Michigan, The MiddIe Distance takes an honest, unsentimentaI look at adulthood, the meaning of famiIy, the ache of nostalgia, and the peril and promise of two Iost souIs finding each other in the darkness. |