The Painted Veil poster

The Painted Veil( 2006)

TV-MARomanceDrama
72%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edward Norton

      Dr. Walter Fane

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      Naomi Watts

      Kitty Fane

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      Liev Schreiber

      Charlie Townsend

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      Toby Jones

      Mr. Waddington

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      Diana Rigg

      Mother Superior

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      Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

      Colonel Yu

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      Yu Xia

      Wu Lien

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      Juliet Howland

      Dorothy Townsend

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      Ian Renwick

      Geoffrey Denison

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      Li Bin

      Te-Ming

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      Zoe Telford

      Leona

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      Marie-Laure Descoureaux

      Sister St. Joseph

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      Lorraine Laurence

      Sister Maryse

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      Maggie Steed

      Mrs. Garstin

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      Li Feng

      Sung Ching

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      Yan Lü

      Wan Xi

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      Catherine An

      Hostess

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      Bill Marcus

      Businessman in Colony Club

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      Maurice Herschtal

      Businessman in Colony Club

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      Shobauro Hiratsuka

      Businessman in Colony Club

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      John Cann

      Businessman in Colony Club

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      Yin Qing

      Student 2

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      Alan David

      Mr. Garstin

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      Sally Hawkins

      (Credited but deleted)

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    Review 2Discussion

    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sat Jan 09 2021
    This movie seemed vaguely familiar to my wife like we had seen it before, but it all seemed new to me when we recently watched it. We both enjoyed it. I wasn’t concerned when a few reviews remarked that it moved slowly, as we have always appreciated movies that build a quiet story carefully, and mostly this one did that. My only criticism is that at the outset of the movie, I didn’t quite believe that Walter was in love with Kitty. He said he was, but I wonder if a scene or two showing him falling for her ended up on the cutting room floor. He merely seemed to stalk her around the party and ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    19400000.00

    Revenue

    26910847.00

    Keywords

    • infidelity
    • china
    • based on novel or book
    • shanghai, china
    • nun
    • cholera
    • foreign aid
    • doctor
    • epidemic
    • convent (nunnery)
    • loveless marriage
    • 1920s
    • bacteriologist