Ashes of Laughter

Length24m

Summary

Through the death of Harry Baxter in a small town in Ohio, he left behind him no fortune but the largest joke that he could have ever made: a failing convenience store that he owned, Harrys Quick Stop. It appears to his children Jimmy and Claire, as an opportunity to finally prove themselves. It is heavenly revenge to decades of resentment to Aunt Patty. It is the ideal destination of a vape empire as it is to Cousin Travis. What started as a minor quarrel comes to the notorious Quick Stop Wars a tragicomic drama that spreads over the whole town. It looks like live theater as neighbors gather in the neighborhood. Competitor camps are the order of the day, insults are hurled, grills are set ablaze and dreams are literally incinerated. Ashes of Laughter, with biting humor and heart, deals with family dysfunction, small town foolishness and the weirdly comforting feeling of finding solace in ruins.