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The Painted Veil is a 2006 American 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.
- $26.9 million
- Alexandre Desplat
- $19.4 million
Jan 19, 2007 · A married couple travels to China in the 1920s to fight a cholera outbreak and face their own problems. The film is based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham and directed by John Curran, who explores themes of adultery, love and suffering.
- John Curran
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- 31 sec
The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March 1925).
- United Kingdom
- W. Somerset Maugham
- 1925
Dec 20, 2006 · Directed by John Curran. Drama, Romance. PG-13. 2h 5m. By Manohla Dargis. Dec. 20, 2006. It’s no surprise that one of the best scenes in the latest and third film iteration of W. Somerset Maugham’s...
- John Curran
The Painted Veil. W. Somerset Maugham. 3.96. 46,235 ratings4,575 reviews. Set in England and Hong Kong in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful, but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic.
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A 2006 drama/romance film based on a novel by Somerset Maugham, starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts as a married couple in 1920s China. The film has a 74% critics rating and an 85% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with positive reviews praising the performances and the cinematography.
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- Drama, Romance
- PG-13
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A love story set in the 1920s about a married couple who travel to China to fight a cholera epidemic. The wife, Kitty, has an affair with a diplomat, but the husband, Walter, forces her to join him and they grow closer in the remote and dangerous environment.
