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Set during the height of WWI, Passchendaele <\/i>tells the moving story of an important event in Canadian history through the eyes of Sergeant Michael Dunne (Gross), a soldier who is wounded in France and returns to Calgary emotionally and physically scarred.<\/p>\n

While recovering, Dunne meets Sarah (Dhavernas) and becomes determined to win her heart. When Sarah\u2019s asthmatic younger brother David (Dinicol) enlists to fight in the war, Michael returns to the battlefield in order to protect him. The two men are sent to fight against impossible odds in the battle of Passchendaele.<\/p>\n

The film won six Genies, including Best Picture and Best Actor, for Paul Gross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPasschendaele - National Canadian Film Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/film\/passchendaele\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Passchendaele - National Canadian Film Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/film\/passchendaele\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Canadian Film Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CanFilmDay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-04-05T14:01:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CanFilmDay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/film\/passchendaele\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/canfilmday.ca\/film\/passchendaele\/\",\"name\":\"Passchendaele - 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