welsh poet dylan thomas excuse from serve in active duty be do his bit for the war effort produce bit of prose for some propaganda branch of government in whitehall . thomas be portray a a freethinker believing in free love marry to a woman with an equally demand artistic streak and likewise with a penchant for extramarital romance . thomas writing and recite his poetry in systematic domestic mayhem throughout becomes somewhat priggish towards the end and rest somewhat uncomfortably on his society connection and pull rank on a war veteran and who have shoot up his house and and who be incidentally marry to the woman he have be have an affair with . the real story of this film be the love of two woman and one ( keira knightley ) whose first love be thomas ( matthew rhys ) and the second ( sienna miller ) who be thomas wife . at time it remind of the singing detective and a in very good television with slightly sinister overtone lay on top of scene of surreal camp absurdity .