On the penultimate day of World War I, Joe, a young American soldier, gets struck by a mortar shell. He is a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Unbeknownst to his doctors, he is still awake and capable of thinking, repeating his life through weird dreams and memories and unable to tell if he is awake or dreaming. Joe stays frustrated by his predicament until he discovers a novel technique to interact with his caregivers one day.
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On the penultimate day of World War I, Joe, a young American soldier, gets struck by a mortar shell. He is a quadruple amputee who has lost his arms, legs, eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Unbeknownst to his doctors, he is still awake and capable of thinking, repeating his life through weird dreams and memories and unable to tell if he is awake or dreaming. Joe stays frustrated by his predicament until he discovers a novel technique to interact with his caregivers one day.
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