Noah Locke (Klein) is a World War II veteran who returns home at the end of the war to discover that there is nothing left for him. His parents have died, his brother is in prison and the family farm has been sold. Feeling lost, Noah wanders in search of a place he can call home. He is led by a mysterious stranger to a place called The Valley of Light. There, Noah meets and befriends a mute boy, Matthew (Zach Mills), and Eleanor (Gretchen Mol), a young widow.