Title: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Original Title: The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Year: 2021
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 111 Minutes (1 hour 51 min)
- Genre: Biography Drama History
- Studios: Amazon MGM Studios Film 4
- Distributor: A Contracorriente Films
- Age rating: 12 (Suitable for 12 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: January 01 2022
- United States: October 22 2022
Plot
This biographical drama, set in England in 1888, tells the true story of Briton Louis Wain (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), an entrepreneur, inventor and artist who, thanks to his ingenuity, managed to support his family made up of five sisters and a mother. . In his adult life, Wain met what would become the two loves of his life. On the one hand, he met Emily (played by Claire Foy), who would be the woman of his life; and, on the other, he adopted a lost kitten named peter. Thanks to his crazy inventions, Wain manages to attract the attention of the great publications of the moment. Thanks to his two loves, Wain will be able to immortalize those tattoo paintings that made him so famous. Directed by Will Sharpe and based on Simon Stephenson's 'Mr. Wain' features a cast that includes Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones, Stacy Martin, Aimee Lou Wood, Adeel Akhtar, Julian Barratt, Sharon Rooney, Hayley Squires, Asim Chaudhry, Sophia Di Martino, Jamie Demetriou, Olivier Richters, Crystal Clarke, Daniel Rigby, Anya McKenna-Bruce, Alistair Green, Stewart Scudamore, Indica Watson, Alfredo Tavares, Jimmy Winch. It is produced by Film 4, Shoebox Films, SunnyMarch, Amazon Studios, Studiocanal and distributed in Spain by A Contracorriente Films.
Cast
Director:
Herbert Railton
Louis Wain
Emily Richardson-Wain
Caroline Wain
Sir William Ingram
Claire Wain
Marie Wain
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