Plot summary

Colonel William Ludlow (Sir Anthony Hopkins) and his three sons Samuel (Henry Thomas), Tristan (Brad Pitt), and Alfred (Aidan Quinn) live in the Rocky Mountains of Montana at the beginning of the twentieth century. When Samuel brings his fiancée Susannah with him, the fellowship of the three brothers is about to be broken. The eldest son, Alfred, falls in love with Susannah, and she falls in love with Tristan. Thing becomes worse when the three brothers decide to join World War I in Europe in 1914, despite their father's objections. The bond of the brothers is about to be broken forever, and so is Colonel William's heart.—rsilberman