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Painted Veil, The (2006)
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Painted Veil, The (2006)

Genre
Drama, Romance
Release Date
December 20, 2006
Studio
Warner Independent Pictures
Official Site
http://www.thepaintedveilmovie.com/
Genre
Drama, Romance
Release Date
December 20, 2006
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Duration
125 minute(s)
Production Budget
19400000
Studio
Warner Independent Pictures
Official Site
http://www.thepaintedveilmovie.com/
Director
John Curran
Producer
Jean Francois Fonlupt, Jean-Francois Fonlupt, Mark Gill, Edward Norton
Screenwriter
Ron Nyswaner, W. Somerset Maugham
Starring
  • Naomi Watts as Kitty Fane
  • Edward Norton as Walter Fane
  • Liev Schreiber as Charlie Townsend
  • Toby Jones as Waddington
  • Sally Hawkins as Mary
  • Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
  • Helene Cardona
  • Linda Sans
  • Yu Xia
  • Lu Yin

Based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Painted Veil" is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter, a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.