An old man makes a long journey by tractor to mend his relationhip with an ill brother.
"The Straight Story" chronicles a trip made by 73-year-old Alvin Straight from Lauren, Iowa, to Mt. Zion, Wis., in 1994 while riding a lawn mower. The man undertook his strange journey to mend his relationhip with his ill, estranged, 75-year-old brother Lyle.
This is a mower for the transport of road movie , adapted from the real news a few years ago in the United States . The story describes old Mr. Shi Cuite poor health , no driver's license but personality stubborn , while no more than a decade in order to visit his seriously ill brother , he drove a 1966 year old mower unsteadily walked 300 miles away from Iowa to Wisconsin . Just as many road movie , the way we saw Mr. Shi Cuite met many people, including a pregnant pregnant runaways girls a way to work every day , killed two deer hysterical woman , a good priest , and a veteran . When the road a group of teenagers riding a bicycle from his side zips, he took the mower to stop , smile and greet them .