Summary Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother, a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars. View more details
Directed : Robin Phillips
Written : Timothy Findley
Stars : Martha Henry Brent Carver William Hutt Ann-Marie MacDonald
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Nov 9, 1983
Countries of origin : Canada West Germany
Language : English
Filming locations : Whitehern Historic House and Garden, 41 Jackson Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft Nielsen-Ferns International
Summary Robert Ross lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother, a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars. View more details
Genres : Drama War
Release date : Nov 9, 1983
Countries of origin : Canada West Germany
Language : English
Filming locations : Whitehern Historic House and Garden, 41 Jackson Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Production companies : National Film Board of Canada (NFB) Polyphon Film-und Fernsehgesellschaft Nielsen-Ferns International
