The Railway Man
Réalisation:
Jonathan TeplitzkyPhotographie:
Garry PhillipsMusique:
David HirschfelderActeurs·trices:
Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård, Sam Reid, Hiroyuki Sanada, James Fraser, Tom Hobbs, Ewen Leslie, Marta Dusseldorp (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Le lieutenant écossais Eric Lomax a été fait prisonnier par les Japonais à Singapour durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et envoyé dans un camp en Thaïlande. Là-bas, il a été forcé de contribuer à la construction du fameux pont sur la rivière Kwaï. Des années plus tard, il souffre toujours d'un stress post-traumatique. Sa femme, Patti Wallace, est décidée à l'aider à surmonter ses démons. Elle décide de briser le code du silence qui unit les soldats rescapés pour comprendre ce qu'il s'est passé. Lorsque Lomax découvre que le jeune officier japonais qui hante sa mémoire est toujours vivant, Patti se retrouve face au choix le plus terrible : doit-elle donner à Eric une chance de se confronter à celui qui l'a torturé ? (Metropolitan FilmExport)
(plus)Critiques (3)
It's a pity that the newcomer Jonathan Teplitzky had to learn how to make films on such an interesting topic as WW2. The cast is more than impressive, but the plot is hardly developing and the emotions somehow fail to appear. It takes some time before you start rooting for the refined, low-spoken, elegant and intellectual Colin Firth. There are plenty of things to work with, but they remain unused. The Railway Man wanted to approach Cold Mountain, and others with its form and emotional fatefulness, and failed.
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A very interesting film about the complicated beginning of the British-Japanese friendship. The film’s assets include a strong theme and a good cast. The writing, on the other hand, left a lot to be desired. The theme had a lot more potential, but I still think it is a film worth watching, and I appreciate that the filmmakers didn’t get carried away and turn the film into another Saw sequel. I also liked the smooth transitions between the past and present and the fact that the film focused on the psychological effects of the war rather than the war itself like The Great Raid.
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A film about how difficult it is to come to terms with war. I understand such films, even though I wouldn't need to come to terms with war myself because I would most likely fall very soon due to my incompetence, but in this case, it seems overly dramatic and sometimes purposeless to me. It can be seen that the creators rely on the book, but that's the only thing. It is not well-directed, it is too slow, and even though Colin Firth is great because he can't act otherwise, I still couldn't identify with his hero.
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