Minghella's 'Truly' Tribute

According to the late-director Anthony Minghella's daughter Hannah, “Truly Madly Deeply” was not only the helmer's first film, but one of his most personal.

Hannah Minghella, along with several of the helmer's close colleagues gathered at Hollywood's Egyptian theater Sunday for a screening and discussion of the film as one of many events during BritWeek 2008.

“I think this film achieves what great films achieve — it makes you laugh, it makes you cry and it also brings a bit of humanism to it, which dad was always so good at,” Hannah
said, also revealing that the film was originally meant to be titled “Cello,” an instrument
her father loved. She was joined on stage by actor Julian Sands and producers Colin Vaines and Bill Horberg, in a conversation moderated by filmmaker Nick Redman.

“Seeing (“Truly Madly Deeply”) again on a screen, I was struck at how much a self portrait
it was,” Sands said of the film about a woman grieving over the death of a loved
one. “I'm overwhelmed by his presence on the screen tonight.” — Libby McCarthy

(Pictured: Bill Horberg, Hannah Minghella and Julian Sands/ WireImage)