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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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

Brent Carver
Robert Ross

Kirsten Bishop
Peggy Ross

Jackie Burroughs
Miss Davenport

Shirley Douglas
Mrs. Lawson

William Hutt
Mr. Ross

Domini Blythe
Lady Barbara d'Orsey

Margaret Tyzack
Lady Emmeline

Jean LeClerc
Captain Taffler

Ann-Marie MacDonald
Rowena Ross

Alan Scarfe
Captain Leather
Susan Wright
Ella

David Robb
Major Terry
Barbara Budd
Nurse Turner

Richard Austin
Michael
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