A half-hour drama based on a short story by Timothy Findley, set during World War II, in which a young boy feels deeply hurt when he learns that his father has joined the army and will be going away. The boy vents his wrath in his own strange way.
Review
I found myself watching this short movie again, realising for the first time that the plot is absolutely daft. I think the title and the period setting just blinded me to the fact that although this alludes to a pretty sad time and serious stuff, the actual story is puzzling and a little strange.
In short... a kid is sent to his grandparents whilst his parents need to 'attend' to business, the kid gets given two handmade boxes by a stranger on a boat and he fills them with stones for him mom, and an old golf ball he finds lying around for his dad. Turns out his parents are confirming his father signing up for the war, kid gets upset because he finds out from a friend (GMW's character) and so when his parents come to collect him, he gets all angry at his dad, throws the golf ball knocking the dad out and then they get a picture taken, the end. Maybe I'm missing a real emotional element here but for strangeness it rocks.
Gordon basically plays a blabbermouth kid, his sole function in the movie is to tell the boy about his father going to war, its not a huge role, his biggest scene involves him showing off how far he can spit and then telling the boy he's stupid for collecting stones for his mom (sadly, I'm with Gordon's character on this one).