With Martin Landau and Jane Alexander.
Set in Charles, VT.
One of the first films to focus on returning Vietnam veterans. Johnny Bristol (Landau) is a Vietnam veteran who, as a prisoner, kept his sanity by remembering his home town of Charles, Vermont. He recalls a happy town with picnics and band concerts in a small town atmosphere, all the while suffering in a cage from abuse, poor food and neglect. After he is rescued, he is sent to a VA hospital to recuperate. During therapy he and his nurse, Anne Palmer (Alexander) become engaged. The couple want to go to his home town, but when he tries to go there, he is told there is no such place as Charles, Vermont. When he insists there is such a place, he is treated as a crazy vet. Anne tries to help him find an explanation. Bristol becomes convinced that somehow the government is responsible for his home town’s disappearance.
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Watch the conversation with Steve Bissette (author of Green Mountain Cinema, cartoonist and teacher) and Luke Baynes, VTIFF programming committee.