Truly Madly Deeply (1990)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Anthony Minghella

Writer:

Anthony Minghella (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Music | Romance

Plot:

Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. They were even happy enough to be able to live happily ever after...

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Death | Love | Ghost | Childbirth

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 15 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Juliet Stevenson	...	Nina
Jenny Howe	...	Burge
Carolyn Choa	...	Translator
Bill Paterson	...	Sandy
Christopher Rozycki	...	Titus
Keith Bartlett	...	Plumber
David Ryall	...	George
Stella Maris	...	Maura
Ian Hawkes	...	Harry
Deborah Findlay	...	Claire
Alan Rickman	...	Jamie
Vania Vilers	...	Frenchman
Arturo Venegas	...	Roberto
Richard Syms	...	Symonds
Michael Maloney	...	Mark

Also Known As:

Cello (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | France:U | Germany:12 | USA:PG | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Bristol, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Terry Molloy was cut out of this film.

Quotes:

[Nina and Jamie are looking looking at clouds]
Nina: Your mother!
Jamie: You think every cloud looks like my mother.
Nina: This one really does look like your mother! Look: eyes, nose, eyebrows... brilliant!
Jamie: My mother has not got a beard!

Movie Connections:

References Brief Encounter (1945)

Soundtrack:

Raining in My Heart

A lovely examination of grief and grieving.

A nice look at what it means to lose someone, and to be the lost as well. All too often (as in the treacly "Ghost") we are treated to a fantasy version of love and loss, where you get to have your cake (looking fab in that graveside outfit) and eat it too (dead person is wonderfully available as he guides you to your next, even better for you, love). Here, we see a woman who cannot let go, who is so paralyzed with grief she cannot live the life left to her. The man she lost untimely loves her so dearly he returns, not to take up where they left off (which is all she asks), but to guide her back into life, life he can never have again. What makes this movie admirable is the deft and sensitive rendering of the act of letting go, from both the point of view of the lost and the living.