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It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

A wife reveals to her younger husband that she is having an affair.

Somewhere in a war zone. Three young stationed soldiers try to distract themselves from everyday wartime existence. One of them takes notice of a local girl. The comrades follow her.

A young soldier seeks to impress his love at the local village dance before he is mobilised for war. But the waltz is not the only thing that Stanley has to learn.

Soldiers dancing.

Events are unfolding in one of the hot spots of the Russia. The heroes of the film returned from the war. They are winners and losers, because they have forgotten how to live in peace. The war is over, but it is close and still kills. And they want to live so passionately. But how?

This takes the classic film "Coming Home" and drastically alters the narrative to focus on the tragic return of a Vietnam War veteran, not as a wounded survivor but as a deceased soldier, arriving at his wife's doorstep in a body bag, forcing her to confront the devastating reality of war and the loss of her husband in a deeply emotional and disturbing way.