Inspired by an actual friendship between the director's mother and his mother's best friend, 'The Tree' is a poignant, heart-warming story about an 88 year-old widow (Dorothy Thorp) who takes a road trip from Wamego, Kansas, back to Terre Haute, Indiana, to visit her oldest and dearest childhood friend.

After being dumped by her serial killer boyfriend, a beauty-obsessed woman goes on a blood-soaked quest to create the perfect female face, while navigating her new relationship with the cop investigating the murders.