Margaret Mendelson

On the highway of life, Jerry's at a dead-end. Unemployed and still living at home with his parents, this thirty-three year old loser has no drive to better his life. That's all about to change. A fateful drug deal gone bad transforms Jerry overnight into the cop's number one murder suspect and the mob's number one target. With a sack full of drugs and a budding romance at stake, Jerry could get a life... or lose it. Either way, it will be the ride of his life.

Babylon, petite ville de Long Island, s'apprete a vivre une journee particuliere. David Gold est de retour chez ses parents, apres une carriere manquee a Hollywood. Il rencontre par hasard Judy Berlin, actrice locale toujours aussi extravertie qui reve de celebrite. Alors qu'une eclipse solaire inhabituellement longue plonge la ville dans l'obscurite, David et Judy passent la journee a evoquer leurs souvenirs. Ils deambulent tout comme les autres habitants, en cherchant a comprendre ce phenomene insolite qui aura pour chacun des consequences inattendues.