Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
A Stranger Finds Work
Miles is introduced as a young actor who takes a labouring job on a farm. The available plot reference places this decision at the beginning of the central disruption.
Key Events
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Film Premise — The story centers on a young actor entering the lives of two lifelong friends. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
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Miles Introduced — Miles is introduced as a young actor. Characters: Miles
Location: Not specified
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Farm Job Accepted — Miles takes a job as a labourer on the farm. Characters: Miles
Location: Farm
The Shared Farm Life
The farm belongs to Angus and Morgan, who are described as lifelong friends. Miles becomes connected to their shared working environment.
Key Events
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The Shared Farm — The farm is owned by Angus and Morgan and becomes the shared setting. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
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Owners Identified — Angus and Morgan are established as the farm's owners. Characters: Angus, Morgan
Location: Farm
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Friendship Established — The plot identifies Angus and Morgan as lifelong friends. Characters: Angus, Morgan
Location: Farm
Friendship Under Strain
Miles's presence changes the existing balance between Angus and Morgan. The friendship becomes the film's central source of dramatic tension.
Key Events
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New Worker Arrives — Miles's work places him directly within the friends' shared environment. Characters: Miles, Angus, Morgan
Location: Farm
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Friendship Under Pressure — Miles's presence begins to destabilize the friendship. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
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Personal Tension — The central tension concerns the effect of Miles on Angus and Morgan. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
An Altered Relationship
The reference characterizes the outcome through the destabilization of the two men's friendship. The three-way dynamic remains the film's defining dramatic focus.
Key Events
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Friendship Destabilized — The relationship between the lifelong friends is significantly unsettled. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
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Three-Way Dynamic — The drama is defined by the three characters' altered relationship dynamic. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
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Dramatic Outcome — The stated dramatic outcome is the destabilization of Angus and Morgan's friendship. Characters: Angus, Morgan, Miles
Location: Farm
Ontario - 1972. Miles, a young theatre actor from Toronto, arrives in Huron County at the home of Angus and Morgan, two aging bachelor farmers. Miles stays with the two farmers in order to gather stories about rural life and make a play abut it. All three of their lives are irrevocably altered when art attempts to imitate life and the line between truth and fiction is crossed.