The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Shoebox, Film4 Productions, SunnyMarch

Amazon Studios

Release date: 10/22/2021 

#whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 62%

Directed by

Will Sharpe

Screenplay by

Simon Stephenson, Will Sharpe

Story by

Simon Stephenson

Produced by

Guy Heeley, Ed Clarke, Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke

Starring

Benedict Cumberbatch as Louis Wain

Jimmy Winch as young Louis Wain

Claire Foy as Emily Richardson-Wain

Andrea Riseborough as Caroline Wain

Toby Jones as Sir William Ingram

Sharon Rooney as Josephine Wain

Aimee Lou Wood as Claire Wain

Cassia McCarthy as young Claire Wain

Hayley Squires as Marie Wain

Anya McKenna-Bruce as young Marie Wain

Stacy Martin as Felicie Wain

Indica Watson as young Felicie Wain

Phoebe Nicholls as Mrs. Wain

Adeel Akhtar as Dan Rider

Asim Chaudhry as Herbert Railton

Julian Barratt as Dr. Elphick

Dorothy Atkinson as Mrs. DuFrayne

Sophia Di Martino as Judith

Daniel Rigby as Bendigo

Olivier Richters as Journeyman Boxer

Olivia Colman as the Narrator

Asim Chaudhry as Herbert Railton

Taika Waititi as Max Kase

Nick Cave as H. G. Wells

Richard Ayoade as Henry Wood

Jamie Demetriou as Richard Caton Woodville Jr.

Cinematography

Erik Wilson

Edited by

Selina Macarthur

Music by

Arthur Sharpe

Benedict Cumberbatch who plays British artist Louis Wain describes his own early connections to the artist.

“I remember my sister who’s 18 years older than me; she had artwork on her walls, and it suddenly came back to me that I’d had conversations with her about Louis Wain.

“His anthropomorphic drawings, paintings and illustrations of cats were both humorous and politicised, they were whimsical and profound, and he had success across generations. Both the young and old adored his work.

“Alongside all that he had this extraordinary personal life, and while we are not being too prescriptive about his mental health issues near the end of his life, that also plays a part in how we realise the character. He lived a really interesting life.”

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