After a holida
y visit with
his paren
ts, Mikey is h
eaded to the
airport to
return to
his wife an
d newborn bab
y. Exce
pt he doesn’
t board t
he plane. I
nstead he ret
urns to
his parents
’ loft in low
er Manhattan,
back to
his childhood
room that has s
ince been conv
erted t
o storage.
Unsure of
his own mo
tivations, he
makes up
excuses about
why he’s
staying – his
flight i
s delayed
, his flight
is cancell
ed. A d
ay passes,
and th
en another
, and
he calls h
ome and
work to sa
y he can’t retu
rn just
yet – his par
ents are ge
tting old, his
parents
are ill,
time is too sh
ort. His d
oting mother is
more t
han happy
to enable h
is procra
stination
, while his a
rtist father
is suspiciou
s. From afar,
his c
onfused wif
e grows incre
asingly unset
tled. Meanwh
ile Mikey moves
back into his
room, d
igging ou
t notebooks an
d mementos,
calling
on old friends
. As the days
go on he b
ecomes more
and more
entrenched in
his ado
lescent sanctua
ry, and come
s to a poin
t where
he must c
hoose betwe
en life as i
t is and
life as it w
as. --© Offic
ial Site
　　After
a holida
y visit with hi
s parent
s, Mikey is
headed to
the ai
rport to
return t
o his wife and
n