An unmarried couple wandering early 20th-century America in search of work pose as brother and sister to avoid condemnation. When they get jobs working on a Texas farm, the man encourages his secret lover to marry their wealthy, dying employer so they can claim his inheritance, only for the farmer to live longer than expected. Terrence Malick's period drama, starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard and Linda Manz