Juliana Smithton is a neurologist whose research leads to a potential breakthrough in Alzheimer treatment drugs. Just as it does, her life takes a disorienting turn. During a lecture to colleagues at an exclusive beach resort, she glimpses an enigmatic young woman in a yellow bikini amidst the crowd of business suits. One step at a time, a mystery unravels as contradictory evidence, blurred truth and fragmented memories collide in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod.
What Is the Story of The Other Place?
The Other Place is the puzzling and darkly comedic story of Juliana Smithton, a brilliant neurologist whose mind betrays her just as she is on the verge of developing a new drug designed to treat dementia. Juliana’s life begins to fall apart as her husband Ian has filed for divorce, her daughter has eloped with a much older man and her own health is in jeopardy. Memory is a tricky thing, and Juliana becomes confused by her own memories…but she doesn’t know anything’s wrong. However, when Juliana makes a presentation on the drug to a group of doctors, she, her family and the audience begin to sense that she may be suffering from the very disease she’s trying to cure.