Film Night At The Cross Barn - The Edge Of Love (15)

28 Nov 2008 - 7:45pm

Details:
Tickets can be purchased at the Odiham Cottage Hospital Shop in The High Street.
The Edge of Love (15) starring Sienna Miller, Kiera Knightley, Matthew Rhys
A beautifully drawn love story, The Edge of Love revolves around two feisty, free-spirited women, Caitlin Thomas and Vera Phillips, Vera's husband William Killick, and the brilliant, charismatic poet Dylan Thomas, who loves both women.
Broken promises, passion, betrayal, the shadow of war and the constant threat of imminent death push the protagonists to the edge.
The film explores the bohemian underworld of war-torn London, and the intimate complexities of two young couples whose lives and loves become dangerously intertwined.
It's a handsomely photographed film with fractured and distorted images, suggesting splintering bonds and fragile mental states. ; both the production and the costume design are spot-on, evoking an appropriately free-spirited squalor. . . Sienna Miller brings a damaged intensity to her performance - Caitlin's desolate anguish when she realises that her husband and her friend have betrayed her is uncomfortably raw and messy. The warm, instinctive connection between the two women makes their friendship as intense as any love affair.