Wars, The


Release Information: November 11, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 2, Don Mills, Finch 1) Mississauga (Sheridan1) Vancouver (Varsity); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 11, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 1) 2; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 10, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 2, Don Mills, Finch 1) Mississauga (Sheridan1) Vancouver (Varsity); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 10, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 1) 2; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 11, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 2, Don Mills, Finch 1) Mississauga (Sheridan1) Vancouver (Varsity); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 11, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 1) 2; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 10, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 2, Don Mills, Finch 1) Mississauga (Sheridan1) Vancouver (Varsity); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 10, 1983; Toronto (Hyland 1) 2; Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

Budget: Actual cost: $4,100,000; Budget: $3,000,000

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Executive Producer: Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall; Robert Verrall

120 minutes, 1981

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena, who is mentally retarded. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother, a dominating woman whose dispondency 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.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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