Mrs. Watts no longer wanted to live with her bad-tempered daughter-in-law Jesse and son Rudy. One day, she quietly left home and embarked on the road of "Bontifer", her hometown that she had longed for so much. But Bontifer already existed in name only. No matter the train station or the bus station, there was no such stop on the schedule. A kind mayor drove her to Bontifort. In front of her, Bontifer: all the residents are gone. The house has long been in ruins, and the long-deserted cotton fields are full of weeds and wild flowers. Mrs. Watts lingered in front of her house. Geraldine Page plays Kari Watts, creating a plump and moving image, which not only shows a woman, but also shows her life. Her charismatic performance was integrated with the whole film, so that her eighth Academy Award nomination finally turned out to be the result, winning the 58th Academy Award for Best Actress.