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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.
Robert Ross
Peggy Ross
Miss Davenport
Mrs. Lawson
Mr. Ross
Lady Barbara d'Orsey
Lady Emmeline
Captain Taffler
Rowena Ross
Captain Leather
Ella
Major Terry
Nurse Turner
Michael
Charles
Minister
Poole
Levitt
Rider
Soldier
Eena
Mr. Brown
Clive
German Soldier
Devlin
Sergeant Joyce
Captain Ord
Clifford Purchas
Martial
Bonnycastle
Harris
Patient
Nurse
Corporal Bates
Cigarette
Madam
Mrs. Ross
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