Richard Levine

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.

富士山の麓に広がる青木ヶ原樹海。自殺の名所としていまや海外にも広く知られたこの地に、アメリカからはるばるやって来たアーサー。森の奥深くでひとり静かに睡眠薬を飲んで自殺するつもりでいた彼だったが、そこへふと、森からの出口を求めてさすらうひとりの日本人男性が、すっかり憔悴し切った姿で出現。やむなくアーサーも男と一緒になって出口を探すが、一向に森から抜け出すことができず、2人はさまよい続けるはめに。

Ned is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of, well pretty much everything. When his wife, Jeannie, moves her sick and embittered father from Detroit into their home in NY, it puts added stress on an already strained marriage. And when a sexy female co-worker puts the moves on Ned, the temptation sends him spiraling.

Ned is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. His work as a writer on an outrageous, semi-pornographic TV show is less than satisfying. His fifteen year old son has just told him he is gay and his eleven year old is afraid of, well pretty much everything. When his wife, Jeannie, moves her sick and embittered father from Detroit into their home in NY, it puts added stress on an already strained marriage. And when a sexy female co-worker puts the moves on Ned, the temptation sends him spiraling.