Monuments

Monuments

2021 · 94 min · ★ 5.9 · Comedy, Drama

A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through America's heartland to find something he'd lost long before her death.

Directed by Jack C. Newell · Written by Marianne Fons

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