The White Countess (2006)

Directed by

James Ivory

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 87 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American ex-diplomat becomes entangled with a Russian countess who works as a bar hostess to support her family. They navigate their precarious lives amid the looming threat of war.

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What happens

The White Countess is a 2005 drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lynn Redgrave, Allan Corduner, and Madeleine Potter. The screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro focuses on a disparate group of displaced persons attempting to survive in Shanghai in the late 1930s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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