Tom Bishop Sr.

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.

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 Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled.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.

En l’an 79, la ville de Pompéi vit sa période la plus faste à l’abri du mont Vésuve. Milo, esclave d’un puissant marchand, rêve du jour où il pourra racheter sa liberté et épouser la fille de son maître. Or celui-ci, criblé de dettes a déjà promis sa fille à un sénateur romain en guise de remboursement… Manipulé puis trahi, Milo se retrouve à risquer sa vie comme gladiateur et va tout tenter pour retrouver sa bien-aimée. Au même moment, d’étranges fumées noires s’élèvent du Vésuve dans l’indifférence générale… Dans quelques heures la ville va être le théâtre d’une des plus grandes catastrophes naturelles de tous les temps.

A group of young adults struggle to run the biggest cattle ranch in the world amidst World War II.