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Bravery in the Field
197928 min 35 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: Giles Walker
Production: Roman KroitorStefan Wodoslawsky
Script: Alexander BremnerGiles WalkerIan MacNeillJohn Kent Harrison
Produced by the NFB in collaboration with CBC, ATEC Canada, National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada and the Government of New Brunswick.
Tommy is a veteran of World War II. He rooms alone, waiting for his pension cheque to arrive, passing the time in the evenings with his cronies in the Legion Hall. Lennie can claim only a third of Tommy's years, but he prowls the same area of town, and, surprisingly enough, they have more in common than either of them realizes. Bravery in the Field portrays the frustrations and hostilities of these two men whose lives lack a sense of place and purpose. The story occurs early in November and leads up to an event that provides one of Tommy's few remaining moments of glory: the annual veterans' Remembrance Day parade.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Crime and DelinquencyElderly PeopleIntergenerational ConflictPovertySocial ValuesYoung Adults
- Seniors > Isolation and SolitudeSocial Problems
- Law and Crime > Robbery and TheftSeniors
- War, Conflict and Peace > War VeteransWorld War II
- Health/Personal Development > Bullying & DiscriminationProblem Solving/Conflict Resolution
- Civics/Citizenship > Citizen Responsibilities
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
Credits
- director
- Giles Walker
- producer
- Roman Kroitor
- Stefan Wodoslawsky
- executive producer
- Roman Kroitor
- script
- Alexander Bremner
- Giles Walker
- Ian MacNeill
- John Kent Harrison
- camera
- Savas Kalogeras
- sound
- Ted Haley
- editing
- Les Halman
- Susan Shanks
- sound editing
- Abbey Jack Neidik
- re-recording
- Jean-Pierre Joutel
- music
- Ben Low
- cast
- Les Rubie
- Matt Craven
- Kent Gallie
- John Cail
- Budd Knapp