The Edge of Love Video | Movie Clips & Character interview

Release Date: 2008

Cast: Cillian Murphy, Joel Dommett, Rachel Bell, Lisa Stansfield, Simon Armstrong, Alastair Mackenzie, Geoffrey Beevers, Keira Knightley, Nick Stringer, Matthew Rhys, Sienna Miller

Categories: Movies, Period Piece, Romance Film, War Film, Drama Film, Romantic Drama, Biographical Film

The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother. Originally titled The Best Time of Our Lives, the story concerns the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (played by Rhys), his wife Caitlin Macnamara (played by Miller) and their married friends, the Killicks (played by Knightley and Murphy). It was an official selection at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The story is based loosely on real events and people, drawing on David N. Thomas' book Dylan Thomas: A Farm,... MORE

The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother. Originally titled The Best Time of Our Lives, the story concerns the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (played by Rhys), his wife Caitlin Macnamara (played by Miller) and their married friends, the Killicks (played by Knightley and Murphy). It was an official selection at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The story is based loosely on real events and people, drawing on David N. Thomas' book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. During the London blitz of World War II, Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) runs into her first love, charismatic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys). Their feelings for each other are rekindled, despite the fact that Dylan is now married to and has a child with the spirited Caitlin Macnamara (Sienna Miller). In spite of their initial rivalry, the two women become friends, and the three get along well, drinking heavily in wartime London. At this time, soldier William Killick (Cillian Murphy) pursues Vera, and the two marry before he is sent to war. Vera gives birth to LESS