Dust to Malibu

Winner of Best Road Trip film at the Route 66 Film Festival! See it at the Circle starting Fri 8/14.

1h42min - Drama, Road Movie - Not Rated - English

After turning his life around, Phil Carroll sets out to make amends with his estranged daughter Jessica, whom he hasn't seen in years. He hopes to convince her to take a road trip from Missouri to the West Coast to respect his deceased ex-wife’s wishes her ashes be placed in the Pacific Ocean. His daughter’s resentment towards the man who left her mother has built such a barrier over the years that she flatly rejects the idea. Circumstances force her to have little choice, so she reluctantly agrees to the trip.

What begins as an uncomfortable journey filled with unspoken resentment slowly unfolds through shared experiences into tolerance, communication, and a fragile understanding between the two. The dark clouds between them lift until a twist changes everything, leaving Jessie feeling angry and betrayed.

Then she discovers the real reasons behind her father’s wish to reconnect.