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The Wars (1983)

Name: The Wars
Director: Robin Phillips
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1983-11-20
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 5.0
Cast: Brent Carver, Kirsten Bishop, Jackie Burroughs, Shirley Douglas, William Hutt

TMDB 5.01h 58mDrama War

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Plot Summary

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.