Ash Wednesday
FEATURE | DRAMA, ROAD TRIP | 100min
Forced to drive across the country with her mother's ashes, Ashley is beset by the ghosts of her mother's past as she tries to decide her future.
SYNOPSIS
Ashley is lost and frustrated with her life when she receives word that her mother has died. She attends the funeral and finds a series of letters among her mother’s things. While she is inadvertently forced to drive her mother’s ashes across the country, the letters reveal a woman Ashley never knew her mother to be.
As Ashely races home to begin a new job, she must face a conniving boyfriend, the figurative and literal ghosts of her mother’s past, and the doubts that have plagued her since she was little and none of them are going to make this road trip a walk in the park.
Mood & Tone
BUDGET & BOX OFFICE
Budget
Above the Line – $600,000
Production Costs – $600,000
Post-Production – $600,000
Other Costs – $600,000
Contingency (10%) – $600,000
Completion Bond (5%) – $600,000
Total – $2,500,000
Box Office
Estimated – $5,250,000
CAST, CREW, & LOCATIONS
Open Road
The open road - a cross country adventure through the heartland of America, Ash drives through a vast landscape as she searches for clues about her mother’s life.
Mental Hospital
Ash’s mom spent a lot of time in one, and Ash is haunted by the memories she uncovers.