Synopsis: Pip is a street kid who’s meeting life head-on in the big city. On his eighteenth birthday he receives his grandfather’s Second World War memoirs on audio cassette, a gift that awakens the ghost of the long lost world. His grandfather relates the story of the day he turned eighteen, fleeing German forces through the woods of France with a dying comrade hanging on for life. In Pip’s own and contemporary way, he begins to live the parallel life of his grandfather, both lost in their environments and generations.
Along Pip’s path he stumbles into an unlikely alliance with Clark, a gay street hustler on the make, and Jenny, an aspiring social worker who tempts Pip with feelings of love and domesticity. He also forges a small but important relationship with a local priest, in whom he confides his deepest secret: the death of his brother and the heinous act his father committed against him before his passing.
War is fought on many fronts but it does have its reprieves. Eighteen is also a story laced with romance, hope, humour, sex, and street and war action. It is heartfelt and cynical, with breezy dialogue and realistic, likeable characters. A fusion of forces and genres: past and present, war and peace, comedy and tragedy, Eighteen covers a lot of ground with confidence and integrity.

Directed by: Richard Bell
Writing credits: Richard Bell

Cast
Brendan Fletcher .... Jason Anders
Carly Pope .... Jenny
Paul Anthony .... Pip
Thea Gill .... Hannah
Mark Hildreth .... Macauley
Alan Cumming .... Father Chris
Clarence Sponagle .... Clark
Serge Houde .... Earl
David Beazely .... Jeff
Adrien Dorval .... Don
Gabrielle Rose .... Wendy
Paul Dzenkiw .... Daniel
Ryan McDonell .... Derek
Darcy Cadman .... Emaciated Teenage Boy

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