When Arvilla Holden promises her husband that she’ll cremate him and scatter his ashes, she doesn’t expect her promise to be called so soon, or to lead to a high-stakes fight with her stepdaughter Francine, a Santa Barbara socialite determined to give him a proper burial.

Convinced that she has no choice but to surrender the ashes to Francine, Arvilla sets off on a journey from Pocatello, Idaho to Santa Barbara. Her friends, life-of-the-party Margene and goody-two-shoes Carol, volunteer to go with her for moral support.

Expecting to fly, they’re surprised when Arvilla picks them up in her ’66 Pontiac Bonneville convertible, and shocked when she cruises serenely past the airport and hijacks them on a reluctant road trip that becomes the ride of their lives.

Directed by
Christopher N Rowley

Cast
Jessica Lange - Arvilla Holden
Kathy Bates - Margene Cunningham
Joan Allen - Carol Brimm
Christine Baranski - Francine Holden Packard
Victor Rasuk - Bo
Tom Amandes - Bill Packard
Tom Wopat - Arlo Brimm
Bruce Newbold - Bishop Paul Evans
Jodi Russell - Alison
Tom Skerritt - Emmett L Johnson

Production Co.
SenArt Films

Produced by
Lauren Timmons
R Michael Bergeron
Robert May
Bob Brown
John Kilker

Studio
SenArt Films

Writer
Christopher N Rowley
Daniel D Davis

Music
Shie Rozow
Jeff Cardoni