Otherwise....
I watched "The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" day before yesterday. What a very odd film.
The entire film seems to be an acting showcase for Benedict Cumberbatch, who executive produced.
It's a true story (and it if it wasn't enough for that title to be up on the screen in English, a subtitle reassured us of that fact also in English). Very strange.
Louis Wain is credited with making cats a popular image in paintings, and those paintings are credited with making cats a popular house pet at a time when it was uncommon.
Wain had something like six or seven sisters plus his invalid mother who relied upon him to exist. One of the sisters constantly nagged him about his need to earn more money and to marry into money (since none of his sisters seemed capable of doing that).
Oddly, he fell in love with the governess his family used. She was ten years his senior. Their affair, and marriage, apparently dragged the family name down to the point where none of the sisters could attract suitable beaus.
It's a very unpleasant story, IMO. I find nothing of value in any of the characters other than Wain. Toby Jones plays a publisher who hires Wain to do the cat illustrations. Wain, however, had no business savvy and never copyrighted his work. Because his paintings were so popular, others made money reproducing and selling copies.
All of that said, Cumberbatch turns in one of the year's best performances, although I'd say his turn in "The Power of the Dog" is far more exceptional, as is that movie.
I saw this film on Amazon prime video.
