ENG Blithe Spirit (2020 film) 16+

Blithe Spirit is a 2020 British comedy film directed by Edward Hall and starring Dan Stevens, Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher, Judi Dench, Emilia Fox, Julian RhindTutt, Adil Ray, Michele Dotrice, and AimeeFfion Edwards. The film was based upon the 1941 play of the same name by Noël Coward, adapted for the screen by Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard, and Piers Ashworth. Successful playwrite Charles Condomine is suffering from depression and writer s block. After a performance by popular medium Madame Arcati ends in fiasco, as a kind of publicity act, the medium performs a private séance at Charles s home and accidentally summons the spirit of Elvira, his deceased first wife. Conflict follows as Elvira becomes jealous of Ruth, Charles s new wife, and attempts to drive her away. Charles now has to balance between the two women, and protect Ruth from Elvira as he is the only one who can actually see her.