One Week (2008)

One Week (2008) Out of the blue, Ben learns he has stage IV cancer survival, with treatment, is 10 percent. So this risk-averse, slow-to-act, quiet man buys a used motorcycle, says goodbye to Samantha, his baffled fiancA’e, and heads west from Toronto. He imagines it’s a quest for Grumps, a mythical figure from his childhood he takes digital photos of various “world’s largest” roadside attractions he chats with strangers, including two women his bike slips on a dead skunk on the highway. Calls to Samantha meet with pleading that he return for treatment and anger that he won’t. He doesn’t want to be a patient yet. But, will he make discoveries, and what about Grumps? What’s important? Awards: 1 win & 3 nominationsBudget: CA$2,000,000 (estimated)Worldwide Gross: $108,918Soundtrack: An Awful Lot of Sunshine (Performed by Hugh and Rosie)