The Painted Veil -
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.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): |
2006-12-20 |
| Rating (USA): |
PG-13 |
| Release Date (UK): |
2007-04-27 |
| Rating (UK) : |
12A |
| Director: |
John Curran |
| Producer: |
Sara Colleton;Jean-François Fonlupt;Mark Gill;Edward Norton |
| Studio: |
Warner Independent Pictures |
| Writer/s: |
Ron Nyswaner (screenplay);W. Somerset Maugham (novel) |
Cast
| Naomi Watts |
Kitty Fane |
| Edward Norton |
Walter Fane |
| Liev Schreiber |
Charlie Townsend |
| Hélène Cardona |
French nun |
| Diana Rigg |
Mother Superior |
| Linda Sans |
Voice |
| Zoe Telford |
Leona |
| Anthony Wong Chau-Sang |
General Yu |
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