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Writer/director Don Shebib delivers this belated sequel to the landmark 1970 Canadian film Goin' Down the Road. The film opens to find Pete McGraw (Doug McGrath) living a quiet life in East Vancouver after retiring from the post office. Restless, he gets his old flame-detailed Impala up and running, at heads east to scatter Joey's ashes in the Atlantic. Meanwhile, a strained reunion with Betty (Jayne Eastwood) offers Pete the chance to connect with the daughter he once left behind. Now grown up and eager to get acquainted with her absentee father, Betty-Jo (Kathleen Robertson) joins Pete on his journey to Sydney, Nova Scotia, and helps him navigate a late-life existential crisis when some posthumous letters from his old friend reveal a deception that throws his life into a tailspin.