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Based on the novel Farmer by Jim Harrison (Legends of the Fall Wolf), this drama concerns Joseph Svenden (Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominee Dennis Hopper Hoosiers, Easy Rider Paris Trout), a one-time farmer in his late forties who took up teaching when he permanently injured his leg in an accident. Joseph's life is orderly, precise, and rather dull. He teaches with as much enthusiasm as he can muster, lives in the farmhouse where he grew up, and has been engaged for the last six years to Rosealee Henson (Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominee Amy Irving Carrie, Yentl, Crossing Delancey). Rosealee is the widow of his best friend, and, for a variety of reasons, both she and Joseph are reluctant to set a date (she devotes much of her time to caring for her ailing mother). One day Joseph is met in his barn by Catherine Wheeler (Amy Locane Secretary, Cry-Baby), a new student in his senior class, Catherine attempts to seduce Joseph, who dutifully refuses,