Back Roads

After his mother is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings, which include the rebellious and promiscuous Amber, the withdrawn Misty, and youngest daughter Jody. Scarred by his past, Harley becomes infatuated with Callie Mercer, an older married woman who lives nearby. Things take a dangerous turn when they embark on an affair and family secrets threaten to surface and consume Harley. Back Roads is a 2018 American drama film directed by Alex Pettyfer in his directorial debut. The screenplay by Tawni O'Dell and Adrian Lyne was adapted from O'Dell's bestselling novel of the same name. Starring Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz, Robert Patrick and Juliette Lewis, the film centers on a young man living in the Pennsylvania backwoods who must care for his three younger sisters after his mother is arrested for murdering his father. Back Roads premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It received a limited release in the United States on December 7, 2018, and was later released on video on demand and digital.