The Wars (1983)

ALL 11/20/1983 (en) 118 Min
  • Release
    11/20/1983
  • Production
    Nielsen-Ferns
  • Rotten tomato
    40%
  • Original title
    The Wars
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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

  1. Robin Phillips

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tony Lower

    Editor

  4. Richard Nielsen

    Producer



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The Wars (1983) 118 Min

ALL 11/20/1983 (en)
  • Release 11/20/1983
  • Production
    Nielsen-Ferns
  • Original title The Wars
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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

  1. Robin Phillips

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Tony Lower

    Editor

  4. Richard Nielsen

    Producer