The Straight Story (1999)

Barbara E. Robertson: Deer Woman

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Quotes 

• Alvin Straight : Can I help you, lady?

  Deer Woman : No, you can't help me. No one can help me. I've tried driving with my lights on, I've tried sounding my horn, I scream out the window, I-I roll the window down and bang on the side of the door and play Public Enemy real loud! I have prayed to St. Francis of Assisi, St. Christopher too-what the heck! I've tried everything a person can do, and still, every week, I plow into at least one deer! I have hit thirteen deer in seven weeks driving down this road, mister! And I have to drive down this road! Every day, forty miles back and forth to work! I have to drive to work, and I have to drive home!

  [she looks at the open fields around her] 

  Deer Woman : ...Where do they come from?

  [she kneels down and checks the deer's pulse] 

  Deer Woman : He's dead.

  [she walks back towards her car] 

  Deer Woman : And I love deer!

  [she gets in her car and drives off]