The story takes place in the United States during the prevalence of McCarthyism. The protagonist Peter is just an ordinary young playwright, but he was investigated by American agents for entering a "communist meeting place" by mistake on a date. Not only did he lose his girlfriend, he also faced being accused of entering The risk of prison. The male protagonist who suffered multiple blows decided to leave the city and start life again in a new place. However, he suffered a car accident on the road, severely injured his head and lost his memory. Fortunately, a kind old gentleman passed by and took him to a small town. This is a utopian-like town, and the residents are kind-hearted. With their help, the male protagonist can "resurrected from the dead." At this time, after an old man saw him, he mistakenly thought he was his son Luke, who had died in World War II. He felt ecstatic about this and let the male lead stay in the town to live. Since then, people in the town think he is their hero Luke, and the male protagonist has slowly accepted this new identity. He helped "father" reopen the movie theater, and let the people in the small town gradually get out of the shadow of World War II. Not long after, Luke's former girlfriend Adele also appeared, and the two soon fell in love. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long. The agents quickly found the male lead, revealed his identity, and asked him to appear in court for trial. The people in the small town exploded in an instant, and the truth made it hard for them to accept. Faced with such a predicament, the male protagonist feels desperate. A letter from Adele and the U.S. Constitution became a turning point in the plot. It was a letter written by Luke to Adele during his lifetime. The letter fully demonstrated Luke’s patriotism. The hero was deeply impressed by Luke’s courage and patriotism. Impressed. In the court, facing the extortion of a confession from leftists, the male protagonist remembered the letter, took out the U.S. Constitution, read the contents of the core American values such as democracy and freedom, and confronted the "underworld forces" in court. He walked out of the court dashingly, won the applause of most of the people present, and regained the respect of the people in the small town. So far, he chose to stay in the small town and continue to operate the "father" movie theater.
The plot of the movie seems to be satirizing the distress of society at the time (just like the American version of Cultural Revolution), in fact, the screenwriter is on the fifth floor, and through self-deprecating and "re-stringing" it well promoted the core values of democracy and freedom in the United States. And ordinary people do not fear the spirit of power. The many warm, touching and impassioned plots interspersed in it are even more pleasing to the eye (especially in the environment of centralization of authority).
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