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This excerpt contains literally everything there is to say of soldiers’ post-war experiences and it really struck me when I heard it from Stellan Skarsgård’s character, whose performance in this film was not an exception to his usually remarkable roles. We can’t love, we can’t sleep, we are an army of ghosts.” “We don’t live, we’re miming in the choir. There’s a line by Finlay that I think sums up how POWs really felt during and after the war: He suffers from the so-called Post Traumatic Disorder and he has never really recovered. Lomax’s past still haunts him, deprives him of sleep at night, and prevents him from living a normal life.
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You can tell by Finlay’s words and worried frown how much he cares for Lomax and that he truly wants him to finally overcome the ghosts of his past and terrible fears. There were also some other scenes and techniques I particularly enjoyed.įirstly, the dialogue between Eric and his friend Finlay. This feature is much used in the confrontation scene which, to me, was one of the best of the whole film. The use of the flashback by Teplitzky is really interesting he gives us an insight into Lomax’s mind by using an alternation of present and past events. In this process, Eric’s wife Patti also plays a pivotal role she wants to help her husband more than anything and understands the truth behind his idiosyncrasies. Eric finally meets Takashi and what comes out from this meeting is truly unexpected. During his time at the prison he was brutally tortured and abused by the secret police (Kempetai) officer Takashi Nagase. As the story unfolds, we learn that Lomax has survived the war and he’s convinced by his friend Finlay, who was a fellow inmate at the POW camp, to confront his lifelong enemy. The film is based on the true story of Eric Lomax, a British soldier who was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp during WW2. The stellar cast includes Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine and Stellan Skarsgård. The Railway Man is a war film directed by Australian director Jonathan Teplitzky. Starring: Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgard Screenwriters: Frank Cottrell Boyce, Andy Paterson