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Homer Wells, portrayed by Tobey Maguire, is a young man growing up in an orphanage in Maine during the Great Depression. He is taken under the wing of Dr. Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's director and a skilled obstetrician, who teaches him about medicine and life. Homer's experiences at the orphanage and the lessons he learns from Dr. Larch shape his understanding of the world and his place in it.