Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
Bryan Forbes · 116 min
Seance on a Wet Afternoon screens once in London: BFI Southbank, Tuesday 8 September at 18:00.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Seance on a Wet Afternoon + intro by writer and producer David McGillivray
What it is
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.