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The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.

20067.32h 5m

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.

Directed by John Curran
Written by Ron Nyswaner, W. Somerset Maugham
Produced by Sara Colleton, Jean-François Fonlupt, Edward Norton
Box OfficeBudget: $19.4MRevenue: $26.9M

Top Cast

Edward Norton

Edward Norton

Dr. Walter Fane

Naomi Watts

Naomi Watts

Kitty Fane

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Charlie Townsend

Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Mr. Waddington

Diana Rigg

Diana Rigg

Mother Superior

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Colonel Yu

Xia Yu

Xia Yu

Wu Lien

Juliet Howland

Juliet Howland

Dorothy Townsend

I

Ian Renwick

Geoffrey Denison

Li Bin

Li Bin

Te-Ming

Themes & Keywords

infidelitychinabased on novel or bookshanghai, chinanuncholeraforeign aiddoctorepidemicconvent (nunnery)loveless marriage1920sbacteriologist

About The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil is a romance, drama film released in 2006 exploring themes of infidelity, china, based on novel or book, shanghai, china, nun, cholera. Directed by John Curran, it stars Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber. 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.

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