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Friday 27 June 2014

THE RAILWAY MAN [2013]

Director Jonathan Teplitzky adapts The Railway Man, the autobiographical novel written by Eric Lomax, with powerful results due to precise story structure and compelling performances all around.
It's a psychological war story that tells of the suffering several decades later which is something we rarely ever seen portrayed on-screen and makes for a vigorous impact I wasn't prepared for.  Beautifully photographed as it gracefully moves back & forth through time and settings, the film never overwhelms with images and remains steadily focused on the message it's portraying.
This one is going to linger with me for quite sometime and it's really something I feel it set out to do so.

4 train rides out of 5

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