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Truly Madly Deeply (Original title)Cello (Alternative title)Truly, Madly, Deeply (Help search title)
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 16 August 1991 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Anthony Minghella

Synopsis: Nina, mourning the recent and sudden death of her lover Jamie, who was a gifted cellist, visits a bereavement therapist and admits to feeling a sense that Jamie is still around. One evening Jamie returns as a ghost to Nina’s flat in Highgate, north London. Nina is ecstatic to have him back in her life but their time back together is short-lived.

Genres:
Fantasy, Romance

Subjects:
Bereavement, Ghosts, Love

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 01 March 1992Broadcast channel: BBC2Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:40Slot duration: 100 minsNetwork
Date: 11 January 2003Broadcast channel: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00Network
Date: 19 September 2004Broadcast company: Channel FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 00:15-02:10Slot duration: 115 minsNetwork

Credits (58)
©: BBC, A BBC Films production: BBC Films, Produced by BBC Films for Screen Two: BBC Films, In association with: BBC Enterprises, Lionheart, Executive Producer: Mark Shivas, Producer: Robert Cooper, Contracts Executive: Alison Gilby, Sarah Cooper, Senior Marketing Executive: Viviana Marcus, Production Associate: Simon Mills, Location Manager: Chrissie McMurrich, Producer's Secretary: Catherine Hignett, Supervisor Scene Team: Phil Baggarley, 1st Assistant Director: Peter Markham, 2nd Assistant Director: Todd Austin, 2nd Assistant Director: Ajay Parekh, Continuity: Jayne Spooner, Casting: Michelle Guish, Written by: Anthony Minghella, Director of Photography: Remi Adefarasin, Focus Puller: Peter Loring, Clapper Loader: Jay Jay Odedra, Lighting Gaffer: Pat Deveney, Electrician: Andrew Bailey, Electrician: Geoff Burden, Electrician: Barry More, Grip: Micky Ellis, Stills Photographer: Barry Boxall, Visual Effects Consultant: Ian Legg, Editor: John Stothart, Designer: Barbara Gosnold, Assistant Designer: Jim Holloway, Graphic Designer: Iain Macdonald, Production Buyer: Gillian Farr, Construction Manager: David Gray, Costume Designer: James Keast, [Costume] Dresser: Sheila Cullen, Michael Johnson, Make-up Designer: Fran Needham, Make-up Assistant: Jayne Buxton, Colour by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music: Barrington Pheloung, Cello Sequences Played by: Caroline Dale, Piano Sequences Played by: Eleanor Alberga, Music Recording Engineer: Keith Gunn, Music Adviser: Andrew Brown, Music Adviser: Matthew Lee, Simon Mills, [Production] Sound Mixer: Jim Greenhorn, Boom Operator: Dudley Houlden, Dubbing Mixer: Aad Wirtz, Dubbing Editor: Helen Whitehead, Dubbing Assistant: Francesca Zeeman, Footsteps Artist: Pauline Griffiths, Magic Adviser: Brian Miller, [Rats] Supplied by: Janimals
Cast (34)
Juliet Stevenson (Nina), Alan Rickman (Jamie), Bill Paterson (Sandy), Michael Maloney (Mark), Jenny Howe (Burge), Carolyn Choa (translator), Christopher Rozycki (Titus), Keith Bartlett (plumber), David Ryall (George), Stella Maris (Maura), Ian Hawkes (Harry), Deborah Findlay (Claire), Vania Vilers (Frenchman), Arturo Venegas (Roberto), Richard Syms (Symonds), Mark Long (Isaac), Teddy Kempner (Freddie), Graeme Du-Fresne (Pierre), Frank Baker (Bruno), Tony Bluto (Anthony), members of the Reach Group Swindon (themselves), Awam Amkpa, Hamilton Baillie, Nick Burge, Steven Deproost, Nitin Ganatra, Leroy Joseph, Jonathan Lunn, Eddie Vincent, Tom Yang (ghost), Heather Williams (midwife), Henry James (Maura's baby), Squeak (rat), Mark Shivas (ghost)