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Overview

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6.9/10   2,583 votes
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Writer:
Paul Gross (written by)
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Release Date:
17 October 2008 (Canada) more
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Tagline:
in love, there is only one rule... don't die.
Plot:
The lives of a troubled veteran, his nurse girlfriend and a naive boy intersect first in Alberta and then in Belgium during the bloody World War I battle of Passchendaele. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
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(6 articles)
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Finally: a Canadian film about Canadian heroes: our soldiers ! more (59 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Paul Gross ... Michael Dunne

Caroline Dhavernas ... Sarah Mann
Joe Dinicol ... David Mann

Meredith Bailey ... Cassie Walker
Jim Mezon ... Dobson-Hughes

Michael Greyeyes ... Highway

Adam Harrington ... Colonel Ormand (as Adam John Harrington)

Gil Bellows ... Royster

James Kot ... Skinner
Jesse Frechette ... Peters
Rainer Kahl ... German Machine Gunner

Landon Liboiron ... Young German Soldier
Patricia Benedict ... Nursing Matron
Hugh Probyn ... Carmichael
Brian Dooley ... McKinnon
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Additional Details

Runtime:
114 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA
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Trivia:
Is the most expensive Canadian film yet made, on a budget of $20 million. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The position of the German's bayonet over Dunne's chest during the scuffle. more
Quotes:
Mayor Costello: [upon being asked how David can help out better] There's a war going on. Use your imagination! more
Soundtrack:
After The War more

FAQ

What is Passchendaele?
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49 out of 69 people found the following comment useful.
Finally: a Canadian film about Canadian heroes: our soldiers !, 19 October 2008
10/10
Author: Philippe-Bruneau from Canada

Most of us have one or more great-grandfathers, other relatives or even friends ( I knew a WW1 Veteran as a small child, he was a pensioner with my great-grandmother) who fought with the Canadian Corps in Europe.

It was a brutal & dirty war where our soldiers paid in blood for Canada to be recognized as a nation. Moreover, they got the job done, without fanfare or banners: farm boys and clerks from a colony became the elite fighting formation of the western front.

The film depicts all of the above, the price each paid, in physical and emotional pain, in lives lost and friendships made.

Paul Gross has dome it again. A beautiful movie, without fanfare or banners that says it all, in subtle moments and firm assertions.

Thank you, Mr Gross.

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Why are the german soldiers ALWAYS being portrayed as Incompetent? holmgrendennis232
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