ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD - Comedy, Drama, Family Screenplay | Kinolime
ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD
It's Christmas eve and a hellraising actor at the end of his life, reconciles with his estranged daughter during a road trip, which leads to one unforgettable journey.
Genre: Comedy • Drama • Family
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Screenplay Synopsis:
Hellraising actor Sir Fraser Jackson completes his latest movie, a collaboration with his life-long friend the Director Hal Fielding, when bad news arrives - Fraser's ex-wife, Yazmin has taken ill and died in Inverness, Scotland. Fraser leaves immediately with his driver Mickey, leaving a batch of mail and an NHS letter behind. As they leave Mickey however, retrieves Fraser's cell and collects up the mail.
They arrive at the funeral where Fraser and his estranged daughter Maria, a Spanish soccer player, have words - For Maria blames Fraser for leaving years before. Later however at the wake, they reconcile and Maria accepts the invitation to join Fraser as he travels back. They now set off and arrive in Glasgow where Mickey leaves the mail with Maria. Fraser now hears of Hal's heart attack and they drive on to London. On arrival, an argument ensues, and Fraser storms off - Hal suffers another heart attack and dies.
Fraser gets drunk and later meets Maria, where sparks fly and Fraser insults Maria who storms off to the airport. Now Fraser summons all he has to attend the TV studio where Yazmin and Hal will be honoured. Meanwhile Maria finds the NHS letter, reads the contents of Fraser's cancer and remaining weeks to live and immediately rushes to the studio where Fraser mid-speech, sees Maria and calls her over — she does and they reconcile this time, forever.