 The film premiered on March 10, 2007 at the South by Southwest film and music festival in Austin, Texas, and later premiered on HBO in 2012.Groomed by her overly ambitious mother, Anabelle is on the road to winning the Miss Texas Rose title when she dies tragically due to an eating disorder after being crowned on stage.Her death lands her on the embalming table of Elvis Moreau, an embittered young man whose sense of family duty and love for his ailing father keep him from following his dreams.