Geraldine Fitzgerald plays Granny Weatherall, a proud matriarch, who, on the last day of her life, recounts the successes and failures of her long years. Henry Fonda hosts this production of Katherine Anne Porters novel, The Jilting of Granny Weatherall. Director Randa Haines uses her natural gift for dramatic theatricals to maintain the integrity of the novel, as she transports it to the screen. The story of one eventful day in the life of an older woman who has built her farm and raised her family at the expense of herself.