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The Painted Veil (2006)

7 Listal rating
7.6 IMDB rating

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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 be her punishme ... (more)


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Starring (View all) :
Catherine An

Catherine An

Hostess
Bin Li

Bin Li

Te-Ming
Bin Wu

Bin Wu

Student 1
Alan David

Alan David

Mr. Garstin
Marie-Laure Descoureaux

Marie-Laure Descoureaux

Sister St. Joseph
Juliet Howland

Juliet Howland

Dorothy Townsend
Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Waddington
Lorraine Laurence

Lorraine Laurence

Sister Maryse
Johnny Lee

Johnny Lee

Angry Chinese Man


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Ron Nyswaner

Ron Nyswaner

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A Wonderful Canvas.

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 17 7:06
''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 epidemic. Beautiful locations and scenery, wonderfully shot. Ambient sounds and soothing entrancing music, the piano playing all you can desire for the senses. Excellent scale and clothing fitting to the period. Conveys an artistic vision and a keen eye for cinematography. Directed by John Curran (possible relative i assume). He has done a wonderful job on all counts. Edward Norton plays Walter to the right degree....Read more

Rating : 8/10

beautiful

Posted : 2 years, 5 months ago at Jun 12 21:20
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 cholera. He is very much in love with her, but it is not reciprocal. After the affair is discovered, their relationship soon becomes cold, and indifferent. This is a movie about love lost and love earned - the director showed this well, the script was decent enough and believable, still a little too predictable for my taste. (Anyone will see the ending coming miles away!) The cast is quite excel...Read more

Rating : 8/10