Set in drought-plagued Northern California in 1976, The Divide chronicles the story of Sam Kincaid (King), an growing older rancher with a failing reminiscence, his estranged and independent-minded daughter, Sarah, and Luke, a younger ranch hand who finds himself within the midst of a household in disaster. Inner struggles, the realities of an unforgiving panorama, and the necessity to reconcile a long-ago tragedy collide to create the backdrop for this basic American Western.