Over The Hill

A jaunty little road picture in which Olympia Dukakis sets off on a voyage of self-discovery through eastern Australia, OVER THE HILL runs into engine trouble in the last miles.

After burying her husband of many years, and moving in with her married son Hank (Gerry Connolly), Alma Harris (Dukakis) feels smothered and at loose ends. She arrives unannounced at the Sydney doorstep of her estranged daughter Elizabeth (Sigrid Thornton), the wife of politician Alan Forbes (Martin Jacobs). Hitting it off immediately with her adolescent granddaughter, Margaret (Pippa Grandison), who's running around with Nick (Aden Young)--of whom her parents disapprove--Alma demands ...