Colin firth, nicole kidman and stellan skarsgard star in this war drama adapted from eric lomax's memoirs about his experiences in a pow camp'. '.strtoupper('w')hile serving in the second world war, british army officer eric lomax jeremy irvine is captured and held prisoner by the japanese'. '.strtoupper('h')e is brutally tortured and forced, along with his fellow captives, to build the thai burma railway'. '.strtoupper('m')any years later an older lomax firth is still traumatised by the experience'. '.strtoupper('s')upported by his wife patti kidman and friend finlay skarsgard, he decides to track down one of his torturers, takashi nagase hiroyuki sanada, hoping to find the answers that will enable him to finally let go of the hatred he has held for so long'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 112 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 05 05 2014