Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
David y Sarah viajan en una caravana desde Bagdag a Damasco. En un oasis, el traficante de esclavos 'Jackal' les ataca, con la intención de incluir a la hermosa Sarah en su harén. Solamente David y Sarah pueden escapar. Su huída les lleva a un hermoso oasis, su paraíso, donde descubren el amor y el sexo. Pero el chacal no renunciará a Sarah todavía...
