Truly, Madly, Deeply is a 1990 film made for the BBC's Screen Two series. The film was written and directed by Anthony Minghella and stars Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman. Minghella said he wrote the script specifically as “a vehicle for [Stevenson] to express all her talents. She plays piano, likes dancing and has a quirky side to her which she usually can't express in the classical parts she is asked for”. The title comes from a word game played by the main characters, in which they challenge each other to by turns repeat and add to a series of adverbs describing the depths of... their mutual affection. The working title for the film was 'Cello', a reference not only to the cello within the film, but also to the Italian word 'cielo' for heaven. The movie was made-for-TV, and produced in a 28-day shooting schedule for just $650,000 . Nina, an interpreter, is beside herself with grief at the recent death of her boyfriend, Jamie, a cellist. When she is on the verge of despair, Jamie reappears as a "ghost" and the couple are reconciled. The screenplay never clarifies whether this occurs in reality, or merely in Nina's imagination.
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| Release date: | May 3, 1991 |
| Directed by: | Anthony Minghella |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 106 Minutes |
| Producer: | Robert Cooper |
| Editor: | John Stothart |
| Music by: | Barrington Pheloung |
| Cinematography: | Remi Adefarasin |
| Screenplay by: | Anthony Minghella |
| Genre: | Fantasy, Comedy |