Genre:
Drama
Directed
by: Paul Gross
Cast:
Paul Gross, Caroline Dhavernas, Gil Belows
Running
time: 114 minutes
During the First World War, Michael Dunne
comes back to Alberta, Canada, from the battle of Vimy Ridge an injured soldier.
Diagnosed with neurasthenia, he takes a job at home in the recruitment office.
He falls madly in love with Nurse Sarah Mann. When Sarah’s younger brother manages
to get himself enlisted in the army in spite of his severe asthma, Michael
decides to go back in action to protect him, and ends up taking part of the
Battle of Passchendaele, in Belgium.
Paul Gross, who cowrote and directed this
film, and who plays the lead role, was inspired by the story of his
grandfather, a veteran of the First World War. I totally get what Gross was
trying to accomplish, as far as homages are concerned, but the end result was
not a very satisfying movie. The dialogues felt fake and forced, and the lines
were delivered very woodenly by the cast. As for the sets, they made the whole
thing look like a cheap Canadian TV series. The premise itself was interesting,
but something was lost in the delivery.
In spite of the good intentions of the
filmmakers, Passchendaele is a film that you could easily skip, unless
something makes you care enough to suffer through its flaws.
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