The Wars
1983
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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 Secretive and withdrawn he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.
CANYON
