The Wars

Synopsis

Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), 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.

Main Cast

Brent Carver

Robert Ross

Age : 68 | Popularity : 19%

Kirsten Bishop

Peggy Ross

Age : N/A | Popularity : 34%

Jackie Burroughs

Miss Davenport

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Shirley Douglas

Mrs. Lawson

Age : 86 | Popularity : 32%

William Hutt

Mr. Ross

Age : 87 | Popularity : 16%

Domini Blythe

Lady Barbara d'Orsey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 12%

Margaret Tyzack

Lady Emmeline

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Jean LeClerc

Captain Taffler

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Timothy Findley
Directing	Director	Robin Phillips
Production	Executive Producer	Robert Verrall
	Producer	Richard Nielsen
Camera	Director of Photography	John Coquillon
Editing	Editor	Tony Lower
Sound	Sound Editor	André Galbrand Diane Normandeau Julian Olson
	Original Music Composer	Glenn Gould
Department	Role	Name

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