The Edge of Love (2008) on Netflix
R20081h 50mBiographyDramaRomance
In wartime London, nightclub singer Vera Phillips meets her first love, the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, now married to Caitlin MacNamara. British Army officer William Killick pursues her.
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- IMDb6.1/1020,136 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes37%
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Plot summary
Dylan Thomas, a Welsh poet, is married to Caitlin MacNamara and they have a son, but in London during the Blitz he runs into Vera Phillips, a nightclub singer he loved years before. The two women begin as rivals over him and become best friends, and the three of them drink their way through wartime London. William Killick, a British Army officer, pursues Vera, and both women are drawn to his gallant, steadfast character. He notices how close Vera and Dylan are but does not seem troubled, and he and Vera also lend Dylan some of their savings. Vera and William fall in love and marry. Then William is sent to fight the German invasion of Greece.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Edge of Love (2008)
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- The story draws on David N. Thomas's 2000 book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow, and he has since written about the deceits in the film that trivialised Dylan and Vera's friendship: the two were cousins whose families intermarried and farmed together as neighbors on the Llansteffan peninsula.
- The screenplay for The Edge of Love was written by Sharman Macdonald, the mother of the film's star, Keira Knightley.
- Sienna Miller received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the 2008 British Independent Film Awards for her role in the film.
