The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

2021

111 min

Drama History Comedy Romance

Plot Summary

The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.

7.0

IMDb Rating

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Cast & Crew

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

as Louis Wain

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Claire Foy

as Emily Wain

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Andrea Riseborough

as Caroline Wain

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Toby Jones

as Sir William Ingram

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Sharon Rooney

as Josephine Wain

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Aimee Lou Wood

as Claire Wain

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Hayley Squires

as Marie Wain

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Stacy Martin

as Felicie Wain

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Phoebe Nicholls

as Mrs Wain

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Adeel Akhtar

as Dan Rider

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Directors

Will Sharpe

Director

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Writers

Simon Stephenson

Writer

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Will Sharpe

Writer

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Ratings & Reviews

7.0

IMDb Rating

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Technical Details

111 min

Runtime

2021-10-21

Release Date

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Content Type

2021

Year

Genres

Drama History Comedy Romance

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User Reviews

r96sk

7.0/10

Recent

Flew by, did <em>'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain'</em>. It's a well paced film that holds solid emotion to it, while it's nicely acted by the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy. I dig the costumes/set designs too. It also gets bonus points for cats, because... cats. It's not a perfect film, for example the humour is quite off, but it's definitely an interesting watch. I knew nothing about Louis Wain beforehand but that didn't hamper my enjoyment, fwiw. Cumberbatch is very good...

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Giovanni

9.0/10

Recent

**Full Analysis at SpotaMovie.com** - **Intro** - The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is inspiring and offers us important lessons to learn for our lives. It's elegant, poetic and romantic. A must-watch. - **The Story** - The movie tells us the true story of the eccentric artist Louis Wain. We are in the early 1900s, and Wain is a gifted man who can paint and draw so quickly to leave us surprised by his genius.Louis’s mind is full of ideas and thoughts, moving from music to his research to patent ...

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