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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