The Painted Veil (2006)


Naomi Watts             Kitty Fane
Liev Schreiber          Charlie Townsend
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang  Colonel Yu
Edward Norton           Walter Fane
Diana Rigg              Mother Superior
Toby Jones              Waddington
Sally Hawkins           Mary
Zoe Telford (II)        Leona
Catherine An            Hostess
Li Bin                  Te-Ming
Alan David (II)         Mr Garstin
Marie Laure Descoureaux Sister St. Joseph
Juliet Howland          Dorothy Townsend
Lorraine Laurence       Sister Maryse

Directed by:            John Curran
Produced by:            Mark R. Gordon, Bob Yari, Naomi Watts


A love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple--a conservative doctor and a restless 
society girl--who marry hastily, relocate to Hong Kong. There they betray each other easily, and 
find an unexpected chance at redemption and happiness while on a deadly journey into the heart of 
ancient China.

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This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose 
forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed 
to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's infidelity 
with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help 
thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and 
loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless 
lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight 
amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, 
before it's too late?

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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.