In Country (1989)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Release: 1989-09-29
Director: Norman Jewison
Writers: Bobbie Ann Mason , Frank Pierson , Cynthia Cidre
Language: English
Stars: Emily Lloyd , Bruce Willis , Joan Allen (I) , Kevin Anderson , John Terry , Peggy Rea , Judith Ivey , Daniel Jenkins , Stephen Tobolowsky , Jim Beaver (I)
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 1 nomination
AKA: Um Herói como Nós (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Az ellenség földjén (Hungary) , Un héros comme tant d'autres (Canada) , В стране , Fantasmas de Guerra (Brazil) , Οργισμένα χρόνια (Greece) , In Country , ブルース・ウィリス/イン・カントリー (Japan) , Recuerdos de guerra (Spain) , In Country (United States of America) , U domovini (Serbia) , Vietnam - Verità da dimenticare (Italy) , In Country (United Kingdom) , Zurück aus der Hölle (Germany) , På jakt etter sannheten (Norway) , Samantha (Israel) , Країна (Ukraine) , Cenizas de la guerra (Argentina) , Maan Sydämessä (Finland) , Byli tam (Poland) , Un héros comme tant d'autres (France, French Republic) , Fantasmas da Guerra (Brazil) , Orgismena hronia (Greece) , Cinzas da Guerra (Brazil)
Plot: Samantha Hughes, a teenage Kentucky girl, never knew her father, who died in Vietnam before she was born. Samantha lives with her uncle Emmett Smith, who also served in Vietnam. Emmett hangs around with Tom, Earl and Pete, three other Vietnam veterans who, like Emmett, all have problems of one kind or another, that relate to their war experiences. Sam, as Samantha is known, becomes obsessed with finding out about her father and his experiences, but Emmett and the other veterans don't want to talk about the war. Sam pushes everyone to attend a dance honoring the town's veterans, but Pete and Earl get into a fight, Emmett disappears, and Tom takes Sam home for an unsuccessful tryst. When Sam reads her father's diary, she begins to understand what his life and death meant, and with a trip to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, she and Emmett at least temporarily come to terms with the war in their lives.
IMDB:tt0097570