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This is essentially Eric’s story and both actors did an amazing job at portraying him at the different stages in his life.

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The long term psychological effects of war, the veteran’s code of silence, the after effects of war that families have to deal with, the misguided sense of loyalty and honour in war and forgiveness are all themes explored throughout the film. Nagase too is tormented by guilt and demons of his past. But when Eric meets Nagase revenge is not that easy. And so he sets Eric down a path of revenge. Finley discovers that the man who tortured him, an interpreter Takashi Nagase (Hiroyuki Sanada) is still alive.

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The experience was so traumatic that Eric never revealed the full extent of his torture, not even to his best friend and fellow POW Finley (Stellan Skarsgard). After him and his fellow POWs are caught using a radio, Eric bravely takes the fall and as a result gets repeatedly tortured: beaten, starved and water boarded. Through flashbacks we find out that the young Eric, played by Jeremy Irvine, was a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp. But beneath the smiles and laughter all is not well with Eric and we soon learn that he is troubled and haunted by demons of the past that physically paralyse him and affect his mental capabilities. Their whirlwind romance brings him to life and not long after their chance meeting they marry. During a chance encounter, while taking a train he wouldn’t usually take, he meets Patti (Nicole Kidman). He collects and memorises timetables he knows everything about trains and is known and The Railway Man. Set in the 1980s we meet Eric (Colin Firth) a World War II veteran who is obsessed with trains.

In The Railway Man the aftermath of war leaves neither the captive nor the captor untarnished.

The extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II.ĭecades later, Lomax and his beautiful love interest, Patti, discover that the Japanese interpreter responsible for much of Eric’s maltreatment is still alive, and they set out to confront the interpreter, and Eric’s haunting past, in this powerful and inspiring tale of heroism, humanity and the redeeming power of love.

Colin firth nicole kidman the railway man