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''Passchendaele (2008)'' is a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] film set during the events of the Battle of Passchendaele during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Written, produced and directed by ''Series/DueSouth'' actor Creator/PaulGross (who also stars in the lead role), the film follows a war veteran who heads back into the war to protect a young boy from harm.

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''Passchendaele (2008)'' is a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] Canadian film set during the events of the Battle of Passchendaele during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Written, produced and directed by ''Series/DueSouth'' actor Creator/PaulGross (who also stars in the lead role), the film follows a war veteran who heads back into the war to protect a young boy from harm.

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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: The film opens with Dunne bayonetting a young soldier who was unarmed and surrendered. But there is nobody to witness what he did, so instead he gets a medal for capturing an enemy post. Michael admits later he wasn't in danger, scared or anything else - he simply did it just because.
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* TheSleepless: What Michael claims to be. In reality, he's [[TheInsomniac simply insomniac]], due to a hefty helping of BadDreams caused by his frontline experiences.

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* TheSleepless: What Michael claims to be. In reality, he's [[TheInsomniac simply insomniac]], due to a hefty helping of BadDreams [[TraumaInducedNightmare nightmares]] caused by his frontline experiences.
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* PetTheDog: The German officer in the end, who tells his men to cease fire as Michael comes across No-Man's Land to get David.


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* TooDumbToLive: David, who during the final battle runs after the retreating Germans and falls into their trench, which indirectly gets him nearly hit by an artillery shell. What exactly was the plan here. The trench would be covered in them and he ''knew this''.

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* AFatherToHisMen: Colonel Ormond (the commander of the Canadian forces at Passchendaele) is this to his troops, while Dunne acts as a father figure to David.


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* AFatherToHisMen: Colonel Ormond (the commander of the Canadian forces at Passchendaele) is this to his troops, while Dunne acts as a father figure to David.
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* LogoJoke: The Alliance-Atlantis logo at the beginning of the film is played over a dark rainy sky, with gunfire being heard in the background.

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* LogoJoke: The Alliance-Atlantis logo at the beginning of the film is played over a dark rainy sky, with gunfire being heard in the background.
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* ArmorIsUseless: Seen in the final battle. Many of the troops holding the line are messily killed due to their lack of protection.

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* ArmorIsUseless: Seen in the final battle. Many of the troops holding the line are messily killed due to their lack of protection.



* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dunne dies, but the Canadian forces take Passcheandaele - at a very steep price]].

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Dunne dies, but the Canadian forces take Passcheandaele Passchendaele - at a very steep price]].



* DissonantSerenity: [[ColonelBadass Colonel Ormond's]] response to his command post getting hit by artillery is to calmly demand information about how the battle is progressing and order a replacement light.

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* DissonantSerenity: [[ColonelBadass Colonel Ormond's]] response to his command post getting hit by artillery is to calmly demand information about how the battle is progressing and order a replacement light.lamp.



* FlorenceNightingaleEffect : The attraction between Mike and Sarah is obvious from the get-go (to the point of [[LampshadeHanging getting lampshaded]]). [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they've seemed to know each other for quite a long time while Mike was recuperating from his wounds in the hospital.
* GoingColdTurkey: Sarah does this with Dunne's help. Not because she wants to drop her addiction, but because she's in short supply and needs to find a way to deal with it. And just like she warned, it's not a pretty sigth.

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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect : The attraction between Mike and Sarah is obvious from the get-go (to the point of [[LampshadeHanging getting lampshaded]]). [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since they've seemed to know each other for quite a long time while Mike was recuperating from his wounds in the hospital.
* GoingColdTurkey: Sarah does this with Dunne's help. Not because she wants to drop her addiction, but because she's in short supply and needs to find a way to deal with it. And just like she warned, it's not a pretty sigth.sight.



* LogoJoke: The Alliance-Atlantis logo at the beginning of the film is played over a dark and rainy sky, with gunfire being heard in the background.

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* LogoJoke: The Alliance-Atlantis logo at the beginning of the film is played over a dark and rainy sky, with gunfire being heard in the background.



* MoodWhiplash: A scene where a presentation describing the effects of mustard gas is shown to Canadian soldiers (complete with their horrified reactions) is intercut with a scene where two teenagers joke around and lose their virginity together.
* {{Mordor}}: What Passcheandaele looks like after the final battle.

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* MoodWhiplash: A scene where a presentation describing the effects of mustard gas is are shown to Canadian soldiers (complete with their horrified reactions) is intercut with a scene where two teenagers joke joking around and lose losing their virginity together.
* {{Mordor}}: What Passcheandaele Passchendaele looks like after the final battle.



* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: The film opens with Dunne bayonetting a young soldier who was unarmed and surrendered. But there is nobody to witness what he did, so instead he gets a medal for capturing enemy post. Michael admitts later he wasn't in danger, scared or anything else - he simply did it just because.

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* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: The film opens with Dunne bayonetting a young soldier who was unarmed and surrendered. But there is nobody to witness what he did, so instead he gets a medal for capturing an enemy post. Michael admitts admits later he wasn't in danger, scared or anything else - he simply did it just because.
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It's really not about Passchendaele, the battle is a backdrop to the characterizations


''Passchendaele (2008)'' is a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] war film chronicling the events of the Battle of Passchendaele during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Written, produced and directed by ''Series/DueSouth'' actor Creator/PaulGross (who also stars in the lead role), the film follows a war veteran who heads back into the war to protect a young boy from harm.

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''Passchendaele (2008)'' is a [[CanadaEh Canadian]] war film chronicling set during the events of the Battle of Passchendaele during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. Written, produced and directed by ''Series/DueSouth'' actor Creator/PaulGross (who also stars in the lead role), the film follows a war veteran who heads back into the war to protect a young boy from harm.

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