Movie Description:
Noah Locke (Chris Klein), aWorld War II veteran, returnshome at the end of the war to find his parents have diedhis younger brother is in prison and thefamily farm has been sold. Feeling lostin the world, Noah wanders the back roads of the South in search of a place to belong...a place to call home. He encounters a mysterious stranger (Robert Prosky), who guides him to a small mountain community called the Valley of Light. There he meets andbefriends Matthew (Zach Mills),a mute boy, and Eleanor (Gretchen Mol), a youngwidow. Eleanorand Noah are two lonely souls who develop a strong attraction toone another. But when tragedy strikes the community, Noah must decide if he truly belongs in the Valley of Light.