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We are back from our hiatus and wow does it feel great to write to all of you again! This month’s theme is the very aspect of second chances and this recommended film is one that touches home.
THE RAILWAY MAN (2013)
Based on a true story, this movie occurs during World War II, where the main character, Eric Lomax, a British officer who is taken by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese camp where he is labored and forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. Lomax was tortured by by the Kempetai for building a radio receiver from spare parts. This made them suspect him of being a spy for allegedly using the British news broadcast receiver as a transmitter of military intelligence. In which his true intentions were to boost him and his friends’ morale. The torture portrayed included beatings, rape and waterboarding.
Years after the war, Lorax was still haunted by his psychological trauma during his wartime experiences. He then got moral support from his wife Patti and his best friend Finlay when Lorax decided to confront his captors who had escaped prosecution as a war criminal. He went back to the scene of the crime where his torturing began. Later on, he tracks down Takashi Nagase (the only one of his captors still alive) to ‘make amends’.
This movie is ally to our theme due to the fact that Lorax forgave Takashi in the end after all the things he had done to Lorax. This should open up our eyes to why forgiveness is such a heavy compliment. After Lorax forgave his torturer, they became close friends and wrote to each other every day till death came knocking. Lorax felt a new life emerging for him after he had let go of the past and decided to accept the present.
This film will surely arise emotions as it did to us. Tears were certainly shed, twice maybe, when watching this incredible story. The element of second chances is possible and things will definitely get better. Wait out on it, peace will surely come.
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