"I couldn't be happier to be opening this most auspicious festival with this utterly seductive and fascinating film, which stars some of the most charismatic young performers in the business, and affirms John Maybury as one of our most important directors," said Hannah McGill, the event's artistic director. "It's a film that I personally adore, and opening with it is the perfect expression of our commitment to intelligent, impassioned, exciting new film-making."

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That's Hannah McGill speaking, Edinburgh international film festival's artistic director. The movie is, of course, John Maybury's The Edge of Love.

I had a feeling of deja vu as I watched the trailer, as if I was seeing some never-before seen footage from Joe Wright's Atonement, where Knightley played one of the leads. I was totally taken by this trailer, and while I frowned at the comment that it might be 'better than Atonement', I will reserve judgment until I can watch the whole thing. I already have some reservations about The Duchess, but this one, with Sienna Miller and Cillian Murphy adding more prestige to the film's cast, I can't help but feel it might become one of the year's most acclaimed films.

tMF top affiliate The Cillian Site has reported the release of the film's trailer (via YouTube as shown below), and remarked:

Cillian had us swooning! Sporting an English accent, he voices over the end of the trailer with a quote that could serve as the film's theme: "First love's all right as far as it goes; last love, that's what I'm interested in."

Murphy plays William Killick, who is married to Vera (played by Keira Knightley), a young couple whose lives closely revolve around Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin (played by Matthew Rhys and Sienna Miller respectively).

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BBC reports:

The story of Dylan Thomas has brought some movie biz glamour to Mid Wales recently. Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller and Matthew Rhys have been in New Quay and Lampeter to film 'The Edge of Love', a film built around an infamous event in 1945 when Thomas was shot at by the husband of a mutual friend.

The story revolves around a reputed love triangle involving Thomas, his wife Caitlin, played by Miller, and the poet's childhood friend Vera Killick portrayed by Knightley. Following an argument in the town's Black Lion pub, Killick was accused of firing a machine gun at Thomas' home in New Quay, but he was cleared when the matter went to court.

Rhys said he thought it was "surprising" how few people knew about the incident.

"It was a major part of Thomas' life and it has not been that well reported," he said. Rhys admitted the task in hand made him feel anxious: "I don't think nervous actually quite qualifies the way I feel - terrified is a more accurate description. "I was enormously nervous and worried about taking on the mantle of one of Wales' greatest sons," he added.

However, Rhys said his colleagues made his job easier. "I'm happy about how passionate they are about the script and story.

"We all share the same enthusiasm for the amazing story," he said.

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