The Wars

The Wars

🎞️ Movie 120 min CA
โ˜… 6.1 /10 1982

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally disabled.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.

Cast

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Brent Carver
Robert Ross
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Martha Henry
Mrs. Ross
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William Hutt
Mr. Ross
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Ann-Marie MacDonald
Rowena Ross
Jackie Burroughs
Jackie Burroughs
Miss Davenport
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Jean Leclerc
Captain Taffler
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Domini Blythe
Lady Barbara d'Orsey
Alan Scarfe
Alan Scarfe
Captain Leather
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Tyzack
Lady Emmeline
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Barbara Budd
Nurse Turner
Glenn Gould
Glenn Gould
Composer
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John Coquillon
Cinematographer