The Railway Man

Another film review today! This time it's a war film/drama "The Railway Man" with one of my favorite actors Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman.
This is a story of a former soldier Eric Lomax (C.Firth). During the II World War, he was forced to work on the Thai-Burma railway as an engineer. He falls in love and marries Patti (N.Kidman), the woman who he meets in the train. Their life is very difficult, because, as Patti soon discovers, her husband still can't cope with the war experiences and have terryfying visions- for example, it seems to him that he sees one of the Japanese Kempetai officers, Takashi Nagase, who was mostly responsible for the tortures and suffering of Eric.
His best friend, Finley, tries to convince him he should find Nagase and kill him, because he believes it will help Eric to forget about the pain; When after their conversation Finley commits suicide, Lomax decides to go and find his enemy. It turns out he's a guide in a war museum. Eric is furious and want to revenge...
The ending is surprising and very moving; I have to confess I was near to tears at the cinema.
This film is based on a true story- Eric Lomax died in 2012, a year later than Takashi Nagase, at the age of 91. In 1995, he wrote a book on his war experiences.
If you're wondering which film you want to see at the cinema, I recommend you "The Railway Man". It presents how war may influence on a man's mentality, but also gives an opportunity to think over the role of true love and revenge.