Genres: Drama | Romance Countries: China | USA Actors: Naomi Watts Kitty Fane Edward Norton Walter Fane Liev Schreiber Charlie Townsend Toby Jones Waddington Diana Rigg Mother Superior Juliet Howland Dorothy Townsend Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Colonel Yu Maggie Steed Mrs. Garstin Lorraine Laurence Sister Maryse Johnny Lee Angry Chinese Man Li Feng Sung Ching Gesang Meiduo Amah Alan David Mr. Garstin Lucy Voller Doris Garstin Ian Rennick Geoffrey Denison Directors: John Curran IMDB Rating: 7.6 out of 10 (13431 votes)

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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 too. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discover’s 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 amidst the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it’s too late? Written by Cinema_Fan

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. Written by Warner Independent Pictures

Kitty Fane is a frivolous young English woman who longs for romance and excitement, trapped in a loveless marriage to a staid Shanghai researcher. When her husband learns she has had an affair, he volunteers to fight a cholera epidemic in China’s war-torn interior. Dr. Fane forces his wife to accompany him on the difficult and hazardous journey, endangering her life in the process. Written by Joni Holderman

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