Directed by:
John CurranScreenplay:
Ron NyswanerCinematography:
Stuart DryburghComposer:
Alexandre DesplatCast:
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong, Yu Xia, Lu Yin, Zoe Telford, Maggie Steed, Marie-Laure Descoureaux, Daniel Feng (more)VOD (2)
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Based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Painted Veil" is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter, a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. (Warner Independent Pictures)
(more)Cast
Naomi Watts
UK
Best movies:
Mulholland Dr. (1999) (TV movie)
21 Grams (2003)
Mother and Child (2009)
Edward Norton
USA
Best movies:
American History X (1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Primal Fear (1996)
Liev Schreiber
USA
Best movies:
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Diana Rigg
UK
Best movies:
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Julius Caesar (1970)
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Toby Jones
UK
Best movies:
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Anthony Wong
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Hard Boiled (1992)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
Yu Xia
China
Best movies:
Getting Home (2007)
The Painted Veil (2006)
Waiting Alone (2004)
Lu Yin
Best movies:
The Painted Veil (2006)
Zoe Telford
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Match Point (2005)
Maggie Steed
UK
Best movies:
The Painted Veil (2006)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Fisherman's Friends (2019)
Marie-Laure Descoureaux
Best movies:
The Intouchables (2011)
Amélie (2001)
The Painted Veil (2006)
Daniel Feng
China
Best movies:
The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007)
The Painted Veil (2006)
Trail of the Panda (2009)
Alan David
UK
Best movies:
The Painted Veil (2006)
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister (2010) (TV movie)
Wimbledon (2004)
Juliet Howland
Best movies:
V for Vendetta (2005)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Painted Veil (2006)