A Remarkable Journey: Alvin Straight’s Mower Adventure to Reunite with His Brother

“A true story”, at 8:50 p.m. on Arte. In Laurens, a village in northern Iowa, Alvin Straight (Richard Farnsworth), 73, learns that his older brother, Lyle, has just had a stroke. For more than ten years, they no longer spoke to each other. Alvin decides to go see Lyle in Wisconsin, some 400 km from his home. Except that the retiree no longer has his driver’s license. Never mind, he will use an unusual means of transport to accomplish his journey: his mower!