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The Painted Veil is a chinois film of genre Drama directed by John Curran released in USA on 19 january 2007 with Liev Schreiber

The Painted Veil (2006)

The Painted Veil
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Released in USA 19 january 2007
Length 2h6
Directed by
OriginChine
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating73% 3.6987353.6987353.6987353.6987353.698735

The Painted Veil is a 2006 American 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. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.

This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book, following a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker.

Synopsis

On a brief trip back to London, earnest, bookish bacteriologist Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is dazzled by Kitty Garstin (Naomi Watts), a vivacious and vain London socialite. He proposes; she accepts ("only to get as far away from [her] mother as possible"), and the couple honeymoon in Venice. They travel on to Walter's medical post in Shanghai, where he is stationed in a government lab studying infectious diseases. They find themselves ill-suited, with Kitty much more interested in parties and the social life of the British expatriates.

Actors

Liev Schreiber

(Charlie Townsend)
Naomi Watts

(Kitty Fane)
Diana Rigg

(Mother Superior)
Edward Norton

(Dr. Walter Fane)
Toby Jones

(Mr. Waddington)
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William Somerset Maugham

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