A Time of Destiny

A Time of Destiny is a 1988 American drama film directed by Gregory Nava and written by Nava and Anna Thomas. The story is based on the opera La forza del destino by Verdi. The motion picture was executive produced by Shep Gordon and Carolyn Pfeiffer. It features original music by veteran composer Ennio Morricone.

Soldiers Martin William Hurt and Jack Timothy Hutton are very good friends during World War II. While their friendship grows, they do not realize they are brothersinlaw. Martin eventually learns that Jack is married to his sister Josie Melissa Leo.When Jack and Josie elope, Jorge Francisco Rabal, her Basque immigrant father, tracks them down and abducts his daughter in order to dominate her with his oldworld notions of marriage. However, when Jorge Larraneta drowns in a lake after an auto accident, Martin the blacksheep of the family returns home and learns of his fathers death. He vows revenge after he learns his buddy Jack has become his sworn enemy. Martin gets himself assigned to Jacks infantry platoon in Italy in order to seek vengeance. ........

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