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 , his wife Caitlin Macnamara and their married friends, the Killicks . It was an official selection at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The story is based loosely on real events and real people, drawing on famous David N. Thomas' book Dylan Thomas: A Farm, Two Mansions and a Bungalow. During the London blitz of... World War II, Vera Phillips runs into her first love, a charismatic Welsh poet Dylan Thomas . 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 . In spite of their initial rivalry, the two women become best friends, and, drinking heavily in wartime London, the three get along well. At this time, William Killick , a British soldier smitten by Vera, pursues her.
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| Release date: | June 27, 2008 |
| Directed by: | John Maybury |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 111 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Bergstein |
| Music by: | Angelo Badalamenti |
| Cinematography: | Jonathan Freeman |
| Screenplay by: | Sharman Macdonald |