 WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA is a bold examination of the loneliness inside of relationships. The film centers on the strained marriage of Undine Jones, an actress, and John Goodman, a well-regarded composer. The story opens as the two are driving cross-country from New York to California to start over - hoping that the move will renew their relationship. Within weeks, Goodman is back in New York and Undine has begun work on a movie where she is drawn into an instinctively unavoidable relationship with one of the film s crew, Jim Travis. It is through Undine and Jim s connection that the film explores lust, love, intimacy, the past and forgiveness. Traylor s use of the California desert resonates with the search of her characters; in the most barren of landscapes, it finds wildflowers that bloom.