Back على حافة الحب Arabic على حافه الحب ARZ Любов на ръба Bulgarian Na hraně lásky Czech The Edge of Love Welsh The Edge of Love German The Edge of Love Spanish لبه عشق Persian The Edge of Love Finnish The Edge of Love French
| The Edge of Love | |
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| Directed by | John Maybury |
| Written by | Sharman Macdonald |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Freeman |
| Edited by | Emma E. Hickox |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate[1] Capitol Films |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Edge of Love is a 2008 British biographical romantic drama film directed by John Maybury and starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, and Matthew Rhys. The script was written by Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald.[2] Originally titled The Best Time of Our Lives, the fictional story concerns 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). The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
The story is loosely based on real events and people, drawing on Rebekah Gilbertson's idea and David N. Thomas' 2000 book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow.[3] He has since written further about Dylan and Vera, highlighting the several deceits in the film that trivialised their friendship. He has described how Dylan and Vera were related as cousins, and the extent to which their families inter-married, farming together as neighbours on the Llansteffan peninsula in Carmarthenshire.[4]
- ^ "The Edge of Love (2008)". BBFC. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
- ^ McCartney, Jenny (19 June 2008). "Film reviews: The Edge of Love and Adulthood". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Dargis, Manohla (19 March 2009). "Matthew Rhys, Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller as Dylan Thomas's Circle". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Thomas, D. N. (2013) Dylan Thomas and The Edge of Love: the Real Story in Cambria, February and online at Dylan and Vera Archived 23 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine