The Painted Veil
2006 · Movie · 2h 5m · PG-13
RomanceDrama
"Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people."
Overview
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
69/100
Key crew
- Ron NyswanerScreenplay
- John CurranDirector
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edward NortonDr. Walter Fane
- Naomi WattsKitty Fane
- Liev SchreiberCharlie Townsend
- Toby JonesMr. Waddington
- Diana RiggMother Superior
- Anthony Wong Chau-SangColonel Yu
- Xia YuWu Lien
- Juliet HowlandDorothy Townsend
- Ian RenwickGeoffrey Denison
- Li BinTe-Ming
- Zoe TelfordLeona
- Marie-Laure DescoureauxSister St. Joseph
Stills
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Themes
infidelitychinabased on novel or bookshanghai, chinanuncholeraforeign aiddoctorepidemicconvent (nunnery)loveless marriage1920s