Tumbleweeds
They ran away from everything but each other.
Directed by Gavin O'Connor
Produced by Fine Line Features
A character-driven drama about a mother-daughter bond tested by instability and poor romantic choices, balancing warmth with the friction of repeated displacement.
Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
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