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A 1990 romantic comedy drama by Creator/AnthonyMinghella produced as part of the ''Series/ScreenTwo'' strand on Creator/TheBBC. Described as "the thinking man's ''Film/{{Ghost}}''" it tells the story of Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a young woman in mourning for the love of her life, Jamie (Creator/AlanRickman). So she's understandably surprised when he turns up in her living room. The two try to continue their life as before, but this becomes increasingly complicated, particularly when Mark (Michael Maloney) enters the scene...

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A 1990 romantic comedy drama by Creator/AnthonyMinghella produced as part of the ''Series/ScreenTwo'' strand on Creator/TheBBC. Described as "the thinking man's ''Film/{{Ghost}}''" ''Film/{{Ghost|1990}}''" it tells the story of Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a young woman in mourning for the love of her life, Jamie (Creator/AlanRickman). So she's understandably surprised when he turns up in her living room. The two try to continue their life as before, but this becomes increasingly complicated, particularly when Mark (Michael Maloney) enters the scene...
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A 1990 romantic comedy drama by Creator/AnthonyMinghella. Described as "the thinking man's ''Film/{{Ghost}}''" it tells the story of Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a young woman in mourning for the love of her life, Jamie (Creator/AlanRickman). So she's understandably surprised when he turns up in her living room. The two try to continue their life as before, but this becomes increasingly complicated, particularly when Mark (Michael Maloney) enters the scene...

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A 1990 romantic comedy drama by Creator/AnthonyMinghella.Creator/AnthonyMinghella produced as part of the ''Series/ScreenTwo'' strand on Creator/TheBBC. Described as "the thinking man's ''Film/{{Ghost}}''" it tells the story of Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a young woman in mourning for the love of her life, Jamie (Creator/AlanRickman). So she's understandably surprised when he turns up in her living room. The two try to continue their life as before, but this becomes increasingly complicated, particularly when Mark (Michael Maloney) enters the scene...
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nina moves on from Jamie, deciding to pursue with happiness with Mark, whilst Jamie fondly wishes her goodbye, accomapnied by his ghost friends.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nina moves on from Jamie, deciding to pursue with happiness with Mark, whilst Jamie fondly wishes her goodbye, accomapnied accompanied by his ghost friends.]]
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* TheAllegedHouse: Nina's new flat is agreed by all to be just dreadful. The plumbing is shot, and it's got an infestation of rats.
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* StreetMusician: Nina sees one as Jamie, then at a second glance realizes it was not him.

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* DeadPersonConversationDeadPersonConversation: The entire premise of the movie.


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* ElegantClassicalMusician: Jamie, Nina, and later the dead orchestra.
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: [[spoiler: Jamie comes back to tarnish his image in Nina's head to help her move on.]]


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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Nina is deeply wounded by Jamie's loss, [[spoiler: but moves on in the end.]]
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* HarsherInHindsight: On Alan Rickman playing a ghost given the actor's recent passing.
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A 1990 romantic comedy drama by Creator/AnthonyMinghella. Described as "the thinking man's ''Film/{{Ghost}}''" it tells the story of Nina (Juliet Stevenson), a young woman in mourning for the love of her life, Jamie (Creator/AlanRickman). So she's understandably surprised when he turns up in her living room. The two try to continue their life as before, but this becomes increasingly complicated, particularly when Mark (Michael Maloney) enters the scene...

Not to be confused with the popular Music/SavageGarden song, which came out seven years after the film.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Nina moves on from Jamie, deciding to pursue with happiness with Mark, whilst Jamie fondly wishes her goodbye, accomapnied by his ghost friends.]]
* TheCastShowOff:
** Jamie and Nina sing "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore".
** 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."
* DeadPersonConversation
* DoggedNiceGuy: Mark.
* GhostlyGoals: [[spoiler: To help Nina move on from him and find new happiness.]]
* HypercompetentSidekick: Nina.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Jamie appears to behave the same as a normal human being, except he is permanently cold.
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