Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.
Acting
Brendan Fletcher's haunted soldier steals every flashback.
Writing
Parallel timelines that actually earn their emotional payoff.
Score
Haunting piano motifs you won't shake for days.
Director
Richard Bell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Vancouver on a shoestring budget; the WWII flashbacks were filmed in a single week with borrowed military uniforms.
Released in 2005 when Canadian cinema was quietly producing some of the most interesting queer-adjacent dramas, most of which vanished without theatrical distribution.
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