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"The Edge of Love" explores several interwoven themes, most prominently:
Romantic, platonic, and destructive love all collide.
The film examines complex emotional entanglements, particularly the love triangle between Vera, Dylan, and Caitlin, with William as the fourth corner in this intense emotional square.
Love turns to rivalry and resentment, especially between Caitlin and Vera as their friendship is tested by Dylan’s past and ongoing affections.
The theme of betrayal — emotional, romantic, and marital — runs through all major relationships.
William’s return from World War II and his unraveling mental state reveal the trauma and post-war alienation of soldiers.
The film juxtaposes the intimacy of domestic life with the chaos and horror of war.
Dylan Thomas’s poetic spirit is represented not only in words but in his relationships, suggesting how art is born from emotional upheaval.
The film is as much about remembering and misremembering love as it is about living it.
Vera and Caitlin’s love-hate friendship highlights both solidarity and competition between women in a patriarchal setting.
They bond over shared pain but also wound each other deeply.
Vera and Caitlin challenge traditional roles — as women, mothers, and lovers — especially within the constraints of 1940s Britain.
There’s a tension between domestic expectations and personal freedom.
The 2008 British film "The Edge of Love" is a semi-fictionalized biographical drama centered around the poet Dylan Thomas and the complex relationships involving two women in his life. Here is the main cast with their character names:
Keira Knightley as Vera Phillips (a fictionalized version of a real woman from Dylan Thomas’s life; sometimes confused with “Wila” in recollection)
Sienna Miller as Caitlin Macnamara (Dylan Thomas’s wife — likely the "Kate" you mentioned)
Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas (the poet — likely who you meant by “Dillion”)
Cillian Murphy as William Killick (Vera’s husband — your “William”)
Vera (Keira Knightley): A singer and Dylan’s childhood friend and former lover.
Caitlin/Kate (Sienna Miller): Dylan’s passionate and volatile wife.
Dylan/Dillion (Matthew Rhys): The charming but irresponsible Welsh poet.
William (Cillian Murphy): Vera’s devoted husband and WWII soldier.