The Painted Veil (2006)

7.1	Listal rating
7.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

John Curran

Starring (View all)

Catherine An

Hostess

Bin Li

Te-Ming

Bin Wu

Student 1

Alan David

Mr. Garstin

Marie-Laure Descoureaux

Sister St. Joseph

Sally Hawkins

Mary

Juliet Howland

Dorothy Townsend

Toby Jones

Waddington

Written by

Ron Nyswaner

(screenplay)

W. Somerset Maugham

(novel)

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beautiful

6 years ago at Jun 12 21:20

doudouce55

3 votes

The year is 1925. Kitty (Naomi Watts) is a naive woman, whose mother expects her to marry soon. She meets a young dull and shy man, Doctor Walter Fane (Edward Norton), a bacteriologist. They marry, and soon find themselves in China. Walter discovers Kitty's affair with a diplomat, Charles Townsend (Liev Shreiber); Walter then will force Kitty to come with her to a remote village ravaged by choler... read more

A Wonderful Canvas.

4 years, 9 months ago at Sep 17 7:06

AgentLexi

3 votes

''A gripping tale of infidelity and revenge''

''A tense love story not to be missed''

A period romance of sorts based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The story of a young married couple in the 1920s who marry yet don't know each other. What follows is an affair and a journey into a deadly ep... read more

A beautiful movie

2 years, 7 months ago at Nov 11 6:12

johanlefourbe

3 votes

This movie is just gorgeous. The directing is very good aswell and Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, as usual, gives great perfomances. Unfortunately, I was rather underwhelmed by the story so I can't say it was great but considering the amazing perfomances, it is definitely worth a look.

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Description: Once love is lost, can it - should it - ever be reclaimed? That's the question that tortures Dr. Walter Fane (Edward Norton) about his beautiful and faithless wife Kitty (Naomi Watts). So he takes her away from the soirees, flirtations and ardent intrigues of colonial-era Shanghai to a cholera-ravaged village deep in China. It is to b ... (more)

Release date : 19 January 2007

Drama (17), Romance (17), China (11), Adultery (9), 2006 (8), Marriage (7), Cholera (7), (7), Infidelity (6), Doctor (6), 1920s (5), Nun (5), Terminal Illness (5), Imperialism (4), Epidemic (4), Orphanage (4), Road Trip (4), Disease (4), Sex (3), 2000s (3)

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