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The Painted Veil is a 2006 drama and romance film directed by John Curran, based on the novel by William Somerset Maugham, with a screenplay by Ron Nyswaner. Set partly in London and filmed in China, it addresses the Warlord Era, cholera, humanitarian aid, and epidemic, and stars Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, and Toby Jones, with cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh and a score by Alexandre Desplat. It was made in French and English.
A co-production of China, the United States, Canada, and Belgium, produced by Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Bob Yari, and distributed by Warner Independent Pictures and Netflix, the film runs 125 minutes. It carried a budget of $19,400,000 and earned revenue of $26,910,847. It received the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films honor and is rated PG-13.
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7.3A 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.
Cast
- Edward Norton as Dr. Walter Fane
- Naomi Watts as Kitty Fane
- Liev Schreiber as Charlie Townsend
- Toby Jones as Mr. Waddington
- Diana Rigg as Mother Superior
- Anthony Wong Chau-Sang as Colonel Yu
Themes
- infidelity
- china
- based on novel or book
- shanghai, china
- nun
- cholera
- foreign aid
- doctor
- epidemic
- convent (nunnery)
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Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
98,144 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
74%
Metacritic
69/100
- Year
- 2006
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 11 wins & 13 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Curran
- Screenplay by
- Ron Nyswaner
- Based on
- The Painted Veil , 1925 novel, by W. Somerset Maugham
- Produced by
- Sara Colleton , Jean-François Fonlupt , Bob Yari , Edward Norton , Naomi Watts
- Starring
- Naomi Watts Edward Norton Liev Schreiber Toby Jones Diana Rigg Lü Yan
- Cinematography
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Edited by
- Alexandre de Franceschi
- Music by
- Alexandre Desplat
- Production companies
- Bob Yari Productions The Mark Gordon Company The Colleton Company Class 5 Films Dragon Studios Warner China Film HG
- Distributed by
- China Film Group Corporation (China) Warner Independent Pictures (United States) Belga Films (Belgium) Yari Film Group (Overseas)
- Release dates
- December 20, 2006 ( 2006-12-20 ) (US) December 29, 2006 ( 2006-12-29 ) (China)
- Running time
- 125 minutes
- Countries
- China, United States, Canada, Belgium
- Languages
- English, Chinese, French
- Budget
- $19.4 million
- Box office
- $26.9 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- Belgium
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Painted Veil
- Main subject
- epidemic
- Director
- John Curran
- Screenwriter
- Ron Nyswaner
- Cast member
- Xia Yu
- Composer
- Alexandre Desplat
- Producer
- Bob Yari
- Cinematographer
- Stuart Dryburgh
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- China
- Duration
- 120
- FilmAffinity ID
- 406338
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2006-01-01
- title
- The Painted Veil
- after a work by
- William Somerset Maugham
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 69/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Painted Veil is a 2006 drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles.
This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book. Previous adaptations were a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall, and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker. Both prior versions were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (since WB's sister company, Turner Entertainment, owns the rights for the first two film adaptations, based on the original novel of the same name).
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