Blithe Spirit. Image shows from L to R: Ruth Condomine (Isla Fisher), Madame Cecily Arcati (Judi Dench), Charles Condomine (Dan Stevens)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2021
Stars
Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Adil Ray, Michele Dotrice and more
Writers
Noël Coward, Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard and Piers Ashworth
Director
Edward Hall
Producers
James Spring, Meg Leonard, Nick Moorcroft, Peter Snell, Toni Pinnolis, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Hilary Bevan Jones and more
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Best-selling crime novelist Charles is struggling with catastrophic writer's block and a stressful deadline for his first screenplay. His picture-perfect second wife Ruth is doing her best to keep him focussed in the hope of fulfilling her dream of heading to Hollywood.

Charles's desperate search for inspiration leads him to invite Madame Arcati, an eccentric medium recently exposed as a fraud, to perform a séance in their home. They all get more than they bargained for when Arcati accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife: the fiery and jealous Elvira who embarks on a mission to kill Charles so she can spend eternity with him - which leads to an increasingly comical and deadly love triangle.

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Additional details

UK certificate
12A
Duration
96 minutes
Produced
2019
Distributors

STUDIOCANAL

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Recording details

  • Twickenham Film Studios - Studios
  • Cliveden - River and stag path scenes
  • Two Temple Place - The London Spiritual Alliance courtyard scene
  • Richmond Theatre - Theatre scenes
  • Pinewood Studios - Pinewood and Hollywood scenes

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