
Stonewall(2015)
Kicked out by his parents, a gay teenager leaves small-town Indiana for New York's Greenwich Village, where growing discrimination against the gay community leads to riots on June 28, 1969.


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.

Benedict Cumberbatch
Louis Wain

Claire Foy
Emily Wain

Andrea Riseborough
Caroline Wain

Toby Jones
Sir William Ingram

Sharon Rooney
Josephine Wain

Aimee Lou Wood
Claire Wain

Hayley Squires
Marie Wain

Stacy Martin
Felicie Wain

Phoebe Nicholls
Mrs Wain

Adeel Akhtar
Dan Rider
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain is a drama, history, comedy film released in 2021 exploring themes of inventor, affectation, based on true story, angry, 19th century, calm. Directed by Will Sharpe, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough. 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.
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