The Straight Story
Dir: David LynchCast: Richard Farnsworth, Sissy Spacek
112mins 1999 UK | US | France Certificate: U English
The Straight Story
Part of our David Lynch Season
A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover.
Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license.
Then he hits on the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.
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