Sommersby (1993)
Directed by Jon Amiel

Film Synopsis

Jack Sommersby returns to his home village after the American Civil War.  Here, he is delighted to meet up with his son, his friends and, most of all, his wife Laurel.  However, the latter does not appear to recognise Jack as the man she married some time ago.  In fact, she had hoped he was dead, as she has made plans to marry another man, Orin Meacham.  Laurel is surprised to find that her husband has completely changed.  The Jack who has retuned to her is not a bit like the intimidating bully who left her.  He is a gentler, more considerate man, and does things that the old Jack would never do, such as read to his son in the evenings.  As Jack and Laurel resume their conjugal life, Meacham begins to suspect that his rival is an impostor...