2 films match The Yellow Handkerchief

William Hurt stars as a recently released convict who grows close to a young couple while journeying back home to his wife (Maria Bello). Set in Louisiana, the romantic road trip drama.

Base on the novel "Going Home" by Pete Hamill, the screenplay was written by director, Yôji Yamada. This film is about an ex-convict who has been release from prison and made an enounter with a young couple. They decided to travel together. On the way home, the convict recollects the past with the young couple and hopes that his wife will forgive him.