Distant Thunder

IMDb link: 0095036
IMDb rating: 5.8 (925 votes)
Genres: Drama
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: John Lithgow, Ralph Macchio, Kerrie Keane, Reb Brown and others

Release date: 11 Nov 1988
Release year: 1988
Runtime: 114 minutes
Country: Canada, United States
Keywords: vietnam war veteran, mother son relationship, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorce, desertion, ptsd post traumatic stress disorder, forest, vietnam, guerilla warfare, martial arts

Plot:

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He returns after ten years of living in a forest like an animal. He finds himself unprepared for the changes that he will have to cope with, and when the vet tries to contact his son, he realizes that he has caused more damage than he had imagined.

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