![]() The channel was created in partnership with the Canada Media Fund to showcase Canadian film and TV content. “What’s so special is that it has not been seen for 35 years anywhere.” “It’s an incredible film, it’s very powerful and very moving,” says Paulina Abarca-Cantin, the programming and operations lead for Encore+. ![]() ![]() And the score is by musical genius Glenn Gould and was the last he wrote before he died. The late Findley, one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelists, also wrote the screenplay. In the film, he guided a who’s who of powerhouse acting talent - many of whom, like Phillips, are no longer with us - including Brent Carver, Martha Henry, William Hutt, Ann-Marie MacDonald (in only her second screen role), Jackie Burroughs, Jean Leclerc, Domini Blythe, Susan Wright, Rod Beattie, Kirsten Bishopric, Shirley Douglas and Marti Maraden. ![]() The movie was directed by the late Robin Phillips, known as one of the Stratford Festival’s most successful artistic directors. “The Wars,” the 1983 film adaptation of Timothy Findley’s 1977 novel - about a 19-year-old from Toronto’s affluent Rosedale who enlists in the First World War - will debut Saturday at 8 p.m. A Canadian movie that features a treasure trove of national talent both in front of and behind the camera - and that hasn’t been seen for 35 years - will return to screens on Saturday. ![]()
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