The Painted Veil (2006)
- Directed by
- John Curran
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- People's Republic of China, Belgium, United States, Canada
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 1,284 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A British doctor and his young wife move to a remote Chinese village during a cholera outbreak. Their strained marriage is tested by the harsh circumstances and their own personal failings.
melancholicslow-burnromanticbleakmeditativevisually lushtensesomber
What happens
The Painted Veil is a 2006 drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles. This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book. Previous adaptations were a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall, and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker. Both prior versions were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (since WB's sister company, Turner Entertainment, owns the rights for the first two film adaptations, based on the original novel of the same name). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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