Somewhere Tonight

‘The first step is the hardest’ seems to be a life creed for both Leroy and Patti – two middle-aged loners whose social interactions amount to little more than playing with a dog or spying on the more exciting lives of neighbors. For all their good intentions, their reclusive personalities and phobias allow them only to take small half-steps towards others in isolated safety, for example through a phone-sex service. Among all the possible connections on the phone lines, by coincidence or, perhaps, by fate, the two introverts make contact. Phone talk is only the beginning, but the road to real human contact will be winding and often bumpy. Inspired by the film 06 by late director Theo van Gogh and reminiscent of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Di Jiacomo’s  Somewhere Tonight is a warm and subtle look at small human dramas and the universally compelling need to share with others.