Middletown

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An explosive & gripping thriller about ambition & betrayal. Middletown is the powerful tale of two brothers battling for the heart & soul of their hometown. Matthew Macfadyen (In My Father's Den Pride & Prejudice Spooks) plays Gabriel a preacher who returns to Middletown the place of his birth & childhood memories after a long absence only to find that things are not as they use to be. His brother's wife runs the town's local drinking den & there are nightly cock-fights & regular scuffles. As far as Gabriel is concerned the town's inhabitants have given over to vice & sin & only he can save them. But Gabriel's intentions mask a dark & malevolent heart & with a religious zeal he pits neighbour against neighbour threatening to disrupt the familial harmony that has existed up until now. Even Gabriel's family are not free from attack & his brother Jim (Daniel Mays) & he's wife Caroline (Eva Birthistle) are the first to suffer his anger. Featuring a faultless performance of telling conviction from Macfadyen (with Leigh & Loach actors Mays & Birthistle lending fine support) BAFTA nominee Brian Kirk has crafted a dark & compelling gothic drama about the dangers of fundamentalism.