I know some dramas have no relation whatsoever to the subject but this is quite remarkable in its truth. It’s amazing considering it’s a drama and it’s a book. Patti: Yes, the film has got a great deal of truth in it. And then it was on the honeymoon when he had the first nightmares (about the torture)? John: Patti, can you talk about the first time you learned about your husband’s torture? I know you met on the train and then you got married. Thankfully, he overcame that emotion and even forgave the man responsible for so much turmoil in his life.Ĭ and I recently had the opportunity to talk to Andy Paterson, one of the film’s screenwriters, and Patti Lomax (portrayed by Kidman in the film), who witnessed her husband’s journey from torture victim to forgiving soldier firsthand. Nagase, one of the men responsible for Eric’s torture but when Eric first met Nagase once again, he wanted to kill him in cold blood. Years after the war ended, Eric’s wife Patti and he started writing letters to Mr. The feature is based on the nonfiction book of the same name, written by Eric Lomax himself. As Patti learns of the abuse her husband faced, the feature flashes back to a young Eric (portrayed by Jeremy Irvine) as he faces brutal treatment for attempting to build a radio for his fellow soldiers, who spent their days working on the railway for the Japanese.
Patti, here his wife portrayed by Kidman, doesn’t know about his past when she marries him but she eventually learns about the abuse he faced as a young man. Firth plays Eric Lomax, abortion a former British officer who was captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II.
In the new drama The Railway Man, nurseNicole Kidman and Colin Firth star as a newly-married couple.
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