Alvin Straight, a retired farmer and widower in his seventies, learns one day that his brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Despite Alvin's best efforts to make amends with Lyle, his brother resides in Wisconsin, and Alvin is stranded in Iowa without a car and without a driver's license. On his old lawnmower, he decides to embark on a scenic and at times spiritual journey across the country.
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Alvin Straight, a retired farmer and widower in his seventies, learns one day that his brother Lyle has suffered a stroke and may not recover. Despite Alvin's best efforts to make amends with Lyle, his brother resides in Wisconsin, and Alvin is stranded in Iowa without a car and without a driver's license. On his old lawnmower, he decides to embark on a scenic and at times spiritual journey across the country.
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