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When she was twelve years old, Mary Beth Riley was abused by a priest at the Catholic school she attended. "People think
it's just boys," she says. "I wasn't the first. And I wasn't the last."
As an adult struggling to get her life together, she strikes up an unlikely relationship with Alan Stevens, a former teacher
who lost his job after being accused of beating a female student. Drawn to a darkness she senses inside of him, Mary Beth
finds herself simultaneously growing closer to him and desperately pulling herself away.
Matters are complicated when Alan's wife Susie finds out about the two meeting and suspects a sexual affair. In truth, however,
the bond between Mary Beth and Alan is much stronger than mere sex, and possibly much more dangerous.
The Metric System proceeds with uncompromising logic as these three people search for their own happiness and for the
ability to reach out to one another. This dark comedy examines pain, power, and longing as human beings try to work out a
new system by which they can live. As Susie wonders, "Maybe you just have to keep stumbling, figuring it out differently
each day."
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