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The Painted Veil

Romantic drama. A doctor (Edward Norton) forces his unfaithful wife (Naomi Watts) to go with him to a tiny Chinese village to fight a cholera epidemic.

China, 1925. A reserved young doctor falls for an attractive socialite. However, her motives for marrying him prove more pragmatic than passionate, and in Shanghai she takes a lover. As a result, the doctor volunteers to help in a remote village stricken with cholera, where the couple's relationship comes under even greater pressure.

Emotional drama based on the novel by W Somerset Maugham.

2 hours

Last on

Thu 10 Nov 2016 01:10

Credits

Role Contributor
Kitty Fane Naomi Watts
Walter Fane Edward Norton
Director John Curran
Colonel Yu Anthony Wong
Waddington Toby Jones
Mother Superior Diana Rigg
Charlie Townsend Liev Schreiber
Te-Ming Bin Li
Mr Garstin Alan David
Mrs Garstin Maggie Steed
Leona Zoe Telford
Writer Ron Nyswaner
Author W Somerset Maugham
Producer Sara Colleton
Producer Jean-Francois Fonlupt
Producer Edward Norton
Producer Naomi Watts
Producer Bob Yari
Composer Alexandre Desplat
Director of photography Stuart Dryburgh

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