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PAINTED VEIL

Director:

  John Curran
  

Year Released:

  2006

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Toby Jones
  Edward Norton
  Diana Rigg
  Liev Schreiber
  Naomi Watts
Movie Haiku:Epic adaptation in the David Lean tradition. Place: China. Time: Roaring 20s. Source: Somerset Maugham. Norton & Watts play a mismatched couple who find their salvation in the middle of a rural cholera epidemic. Watts is a diamond set in luminous cinematography with lush musical accompaniment. Ah, these Yangtze-loving English!

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2006