The Wars
1983
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Runtime: 118 min
Average vote: 4
Release date: 1983-11-20
Director: Robin Phillips
Writer: Timothy Findley
Music: Glenn Gould
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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.
Cast:
Brent Carver
as
Robert Ross
Kirsten Bishop
as
Peggy Ross
Jackie Burroug...
as
Miss Davenport
Shirley Douglas
as
Mrs. Lawson
William Hutt
as
Mr. Ross
Domini Blythe
as
Lady Barbara d...
Margaret Tyzack
as
Lady Emmeline
Jean LeClerc
as
Captain Taffler
Ann-Marie MacD...
as
Rowena Ross
Alan Scarfe
as
Captain Leather
Susan Wright
as
Ella
David Robb
as
Major Terry
Barbara Budd
as
Nurse Turner
Richard Austin
as
Michael
Rodger Barton
as
Charles
Richard Curnock
as
Minister
Paul Batten
as
Poole
Rod Beattie
as
Levitt
Tom Bishop Sr.
as
Rider
Richard Blackb...
Fred Booker
Dwayne Brenna
Michael Caruana
as
Soldier
Clare Coulter
as
Eena
Shirley Cassedy
David Dunbar
as
Mr. Brown
Rupert Frazer
as
Clive
Craig Gardner
as
German Soldier
Graeme Gibson
as
Devlin
Maurice Good
as
Sergeant Joyce
Bobby Hannah
Paul Hubbard
as
Captain Ord
Jeff Hyslop
as
Clifford Purch...
Eleanor Kane
James Kidnie
as
Martial
Leo Leyden
Hardee T. Line...
as
Bonnycastle
Richard McMill...
as
Harris
Simon Treves
as
Patient
Irene Sutcliffe
as
Nurse
Timothy Webber
as
Corporal Bates
Stephen Russell
as
Cigarette
Annette Vyge
as
Madam
Martha Henry
as
Mrs. Ross
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