The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

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Directed by Will Sharpe
Produced by Guy Heeley, Adam Ackland, Ed Clarke, and Leah Clarke

Screenplay by Simon Stephenson and Will Sharpe Story by Simon Stephenson

With: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Sharon Rooney, Aimee Lou Wood, Hayley Squires, Stacy Martin, Phoebe Nicholls, Adeel Akhtar, Asim Chaudhry, Taika Waititi, Crystal Clarke, Daniel Rigby, Richard Ayoade, Julian Barratt, Dorothy Atkinson, Nick Cave, and the voice of Olivia Colman

Cinematography: Erik Wilson
Editing: Selina Macarthur
Music: Arthur Sharpe

Runtime: 111 min
Release Date: 05 November 2021
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
Color: Color

All the mannered idiosyncrasies Cumberbatch shed for Power of the Dog must have been funnelled into the titular role in this relentlessly quirky Victorian-era biopic about the eccentric artist who popularized the concept of house cats.

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