The Wars

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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

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Creators

Robin Phillips

director

Timothy Findley

writer

Cast

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Brent Carver actor

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Kirsten Bishop actor Jackie Burroughs actor Shirley Douglas actor

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William Hutt actor

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Domini Blythe actor Margaret Tyzack actor

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Jean LeClerc actor Ann-Marie MacDonald actor Alan Scarfe actor

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Susan Wright actor David Robb actor

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Barbara Budd actor

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Richard Austin actor

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Rodger Barton actor

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Richard Curnock actor

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Paul Batten actor

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Rod Beattie actor

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Tom Bishop Sr. actor Richard Blackburn actor