Summary
A laurel-wreathed soldier, his chest a constellation of medals, strides off the last train and into the hush of a lake-glazed hamlet where every porch swing creaks like a jury chair. Town fathers in celluloid collars already map his future: mayor, congressman, maybe a bronze statue beside the dry-goods store. Yet the man—whose pulse once drummed to artillery—finds his marrow quickened only by the tremor of a bass on a silk line, the slow spin of a reel more hypnotic than any campaign speech. Through a lattice of gossip, parades, and whispered betrayals, the film watches him trade bunting for bait, stump podiums for pines, and finally vanish into dawn mist on a skiff so weather-beaten it might be Charon’s own discard. The war hero chooses the solace of ripples over the roar of crowds, leaving the village to devour its own echo.
Synopsis
Story of a war hero who preferred fishing to politics.
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