The Painted Veil (2006)
- Starring:
- Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, (more)
- Director(s):
- John J. Curran
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Category:
- Drama
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A couple with a broken relationship learns some valuable lessons about love, life, and sacrifice in this romantic drama based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It's 1925, and Dr. Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is a physician and bacteriologist who has become smitten with Kitty (Naomi Watts), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and socially prominent family. Walter proposes marriage to Kitty and she accepts; however, while he clearly loves her, Kitty is more interested in her reputation than Walter's feelings, as she's recently turned 25, an age by which most of her peers have already wed. Kitty and Walter move to Shanghai, where he sets up a practice and she takes a lover, the British Vice Consul Charles Townsend (Liev Schreiber). When Walter learns of his wife's infidelity, he becomes furious, and impulsively volunteers to travel to China to work in a village stricken with a major cholera epidemic. While Walter's actions are meant to punish Kitty rather than reflect his own benevolence, the daily trials of living in a community in crisis have a striking impact on the couple, giving them a new and deeper perspective on their relationship. The Painted Veil is the third screen adaptation of Maugham's best-selling novel of the same name; a 1934 version starred Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall, while Eleanor Parker and Bill Travers played the leads in a 1957 remake titled The Seventh Sin. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 125 mins
Complete Cast of The Painted Veil
- Naomi Watts - Kitty Fane
- Liev Schreiber - Charlie Townsend
- Diana Rigg - Mother Superior
- Li Bin - Te-Ming
- Alan David - Mr. Garstin
- Sally Hawkins - Mary
- Lorraine Laurence - Sister Maryse
- Feng Ligang - Sung Ching
- Yin Qing - Student 2
- Cheng Shihan - Warlord Kwei
- Maggie Steed - Mrs. Garstin
- Zoe Telford - Leona
- Anthony Wong - Colonel Yu
- Xia Yu - Wu Lien
- Lin Zheng - Chinese Opera Star
- Wu Di - Singing Orphan
- Li Zhuo Er - Singing Orphan
- Guo Yu Tong - Singing Orphan
- Chen Xiangqi - Singing Orphan
- Tang Yu Xin - Singing Orphan
- Guo Jia Hui - Singing Orphan
- Xu Shu Hao - Singing Orphan
- Meng Ting Yu - Singing Orphan
- Gao Qiao Jia Li - Singing Orphan
- Tan Ya Zuo - Singing Orphan
- Maurice Herschtal - Businessman in Colony Club
- Shobauro Hiratsuka - Businessman in Colony Club
- Edward Norton - Walter Fane
- Toby Jones - Waddington
- Catherine An - Hostess
- Wu Bin - Student 1
- Marie-Laure Descoureaux - Sister St. Joseph
- Juliet Howland - Dorothy Townsend
- Johnny Lee - Angry Chinese Man
- Gesang Meiduo - Amah
- Ian Rennick - Geoffrey Denison
- Liang Sigie - Student 3
- Henry Sylow - Walter Junior
- Lucy Voller - Doris Garstin
- Lu Yan - Wan Xi
- Ma Yun - Student 4
- Yao Tian Hua - Singing Orphan
- Liu Yue Qi - Singing Orphan
- Hu Jia Yi - Singing Orphan
- Zhao Wei Xin - Singing Orphan
- Shi Tong Xuan - Singing Orphan
- Cheng Yu Yang - Singing Orphan
- Huang Yi Yuan - Singing Orphan
- Fei Yue - Singing Orphan
- Cheng Zhu Yue - Singing Orphan
- Ming Fang - Singing Orphan
- John Cann - Businessman in Colony Club
- Bill Marcus - Businessman in Colony Club
- Director(s):
- John J. Curran
- Writer(s):
- Ron Nyswaner
- Producer(s):
- Sara Colleton, Naomi Watts, Jean-Francois Fonlupt
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Drug Content, Sexual Situations, Brief Nudity)
- Categories:
- Drama
- 2006 - Boston Society of Film Critics - Best Cinematography (Runner-up)
- 2006 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Original Score
- 2006 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Music Score
- 2006 - National Board of Review - Best Adapted Screenplay
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