''Being Rose'' is a 2017 American drama film by director Rod McCall about a dying woman who finds love while soul searching throughout the southwest during her final days. The film was released nationwide and on VOD by

Gravitas Ventures Gravitas Ventures is an American film distribution company owned by Shout! Studios. The company was founded by Nolan Gallagher in Los Angeles in 2006, and moved its headquarters from Los Angeles to Cleveland in 2019. It focuses on the distribu ...

on January 4, 2019.

Plot

After being diagnosed with serious health issues, ex-cop Rose Jones (Cybill Shepherd), goes on a road trip in a wheelchair to search for her estranged son Will (Erik Fellows). The journey is punctuated with stays at health spas. Along the way, she falls in love with Max (James Brolin), a handsome old cowboy, who has come to a crossroads of his own. However she returns home to spend her final weeks with her female friends. Max comes to see her and tries to take her to his ranch but she refuses to go.

Cast

Cybill Shepherd Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama '' The Last Picture Show'' (1971) alongside Jef ...

as Rose *

James Brolin Craig Kenneth Bruderlin (born July 18, 1940), known professionally as James Brolin, is an American actor. Brolin has won two Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globes and an Emmy Awards, Emmy. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August ...

as Max *

Pam Grier Pamela Suzette Grier (born May 26, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and martial artist. Described by Quentin Tarantino as cinema's first female action star, she achieved fame for her starring roles in a string of 1970s action, blaxploitati ...

as Lily *

Amy Davidson Amy Davidson (born September 15, 1979) is an American actress. She played Kerry Hennessy in the ABC sitcom '' 8 Simple Rules''. Early life and education Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Davidson was raised by educators. Her father was a principal at ...

as Ashley *

Julio Cedillo Julio César Cedillo is a Mexican actor, best known for the title role in the 2005 film '' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada''. Early life Cedillo was born in Durango, Mexico :de:Zusammenstellung der vor%C3%BCbergehenden Langsamfahrstellen ...

as Ernesto *

Cindy Pickett Cindy Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress. She is known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap ''Guiding Light'' and Dr. Carol Novino on the television drama ''St. Elsewhere'' in the 1980s. Pickett, however, ...

as karen * Erik Fellows as Will

Film Festivals

''Being Rose'' was selected to world premiere as the opening night feature in the Lone Star Film Festival in Fort Worth Texas, November 7, 2017.

Release

Gravitas Ventures gave the film a limited release on January 4, 2019. It was released via

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films Digital distribution, digitally on request. These multimedia are accessed without a traditional video playback device and a typica ...

on the same day.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt5572232 2017 films 2017 drama films American independent films American drama films 2010s English-language films 2017 independent films 2010s American films English-language drama films English-language independent films