Description
Sommersby is a movie set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War. The movie follows Laurel Sommersby, who is managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. Jack Sommersby returns home to his farm after a lengthy absence spent fighting in the US Civil War. Although his apparent character transformation arouses his wife's and others' suspicions, everyone is delighted when his tobacco-growing scheme is profitable for the whole town. Jack was an abusive man, and Laurel has mixed emotions when he returns.