Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.
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Paul Anthony
Pip
Brendan Fletcher
Jason Anders
Mark Hildreth
Macauley
Carly Pope
Jenny
Thea Gill
Hannah
Alan Cumming
Father Chris
Ian McKellen
Jason Anders (voice)
Clarence Sponagle
Clark
David Beazely
Jeff
Serge Houde
Earl
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