This extraordinary true story educates and informs viewers of the life life of Eric Lomax. He was an junior officer who was taken captive in Singapore and forced to build the Burma Saigon Railway in Kanchanaburi, Thailand under Japanese authority. This grueling account of his life and the terrors he faced whilst serving there are hard to witness. Colin Firth does a top notch job portraying the emotions and effect of the hell he walks.
When he is finally released when the war comes to an end, he is sent back to Edinburgh. But he finds he cannot adapt to normal life after all his trauma - Meeting a woman INicole Kidman) serves as the catalyst for the changes that need to occur. I felt every inch of this movie and perhaps even deeper as I travelled on the Death Railway seven years ago, and was fighting for my marriage. I lost - and have walked a harrowing road myself.
I am hoping to engage with others, as I find the loneliness intense - and trying to rebuild at midlife is particularly challenging from all angles.
Watch this compelling drama and let me know what you think, and please chat to me - I could do with the company, even if it is across a computer screen!