When US Marine captain Bob Hyde (Bruce Dern) is deployed to Vietnam, his attractive wife Sally (Jane Fonda) suffers from persistent loneliness. Her life completely changes – but her behavior doesn’t exactly reflect Bob’s idea of what’s “proper” for the wife of a strong-minded Marine: moving from the base to a place near the beach, impulsively buying a sports car, and deciding to become a volunteer at the local hospital. Thousands of miles from the hell of Vietnam, as Bob is discovering the deceit underlying the sanitized news reports from the front, Sally meets a paraplegic war veteran named Luke (Jon Voight) who is wracked with depression and consumed by guilt. The dreamlike atmosphere and melancholy period soundtrack lend colour to the story of their growing friendship, a bond that is sometimes too intense; at the same time the movie eloquently expresses how nonsensical any kind of armed conflict seems to those it has so cruelly affected. Awarded three Oscars: Best Actors Voight and Fonda, and Best Original Screenplay.