In addition to milking the cows, the most important thing Aina does every day is to take care of the life of Mitt Bradley (Morgan Freeman), an old man who has known each other for 40 years. Mitt was unfortunately killed a year ago. The grizzly bear was severely bitten, and one side of the body was covered with scars. Every morning, Aina helped Mitt to shave, dress, and inject morphine to relieve the pain, and Mitt also explained the pain in Aina's heart through optimistic and humorous words. , The two old cowboys comforted each other and supported each other to spend the quiet and peaceful sunset time in their lives.
But the peaceful ranch life begins to ripple with the sudden return of daughter-in-law Joan and 11-year-old young granddaughter Grave (Becca Gardner). It turned out that Joan had to return to her hometown in order to avoid her tyrannical cohabiting boyfriend Gary (Damian Lewis), Aina had not yet forgiven her daughter-in-law, but her family made him feel compassion and took in the mother and daughter, a Separated families are reunited. At the same time, the grizzly bear that bit Mitt was also caught and locked in a temporary zoo in the town, waiting for Mitt to deal with.
Aina and Joan are working hard to reintegrate into each other's lives again. The little granddaughter Greif is innocent and cute, and she always has a lot of ideas in her small head. She thinks that the relationship between her grandfather and the old and lame Mitt is somewhat ambiguous. Like a pair of comrades, facing the naughty question from the little granddaughter, Aina smiled. The friendship of 40 years is indeed difficult to characterize and express in words. Joan, who has returned to a peaceful life, finds a job in a small town restaurant, and starts a new relationship with the handsome police officer Clay (Josh Lucas), but Gary does not intend to give up on Joan and follows him At the ranch, he tried to use violence to make Joan change his mind. Fortunately, the old and strong Aina shot in time and drove Gary away.
Mitt ended up letting go of the grizzly bear that had caused him pain for the rest of his life. Since everyone can forgive bears, why can't they forgive those who have also done him harm? Aina gradually dares to face the reality that her son is gone forever, and Joan also shakes off her deep guilt. After all, everyone's life path is still winding forward.
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