The Straight Story (1999)
David Lynch · 112 min
The Straight Story screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Monday 21 September and Saturday 3 October.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
The Straight Story
What it is
Retired farmer and widower Alvin Straight learns one day that his estranged brother Lyle has suffered a severe stroke. Alvin is determined to make things right with Lyle while he still can, but his brother lives in Wisconsin, while Alvin is stuck in Iowa with no car and no driver's license. He then has the idea of making the trip on his old lawnmower, thus beginning a picturesque and at times deeply spiritual odyssey.