ln the wake of his estranged father's death, successful Los Angeles executive NeiI Mercer (Ross Partridge, Stranger Things) travels to the Midwest for the first time in years to help seII 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 help 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 wickedly smart, fierceIy independent woman whose impressive facade matches NeiI's in its power to mask the damaged, desperate spirit hiding beneath. Set against the bleak backdrop of wintry rural Michigan, The Middle Distance takes an honest, unsentimentaI look at aduIthood, the meaning of family, the ache of nostaIgia, and the peril and promise of two lost souls finding each other in the darkness. |