The painted veil

The Resource The painted veil
Label
The painted veil
Statement of responsibility
Warner Independent Pictures and Bob Yari Production ; Yari Film Groups releasing ; the Mark Gordon Company presents ; a Collector Company Class 5 Films ; Dragon Studios Production ; a Warner China Film HG Corporation Co-Production ; produced by Sara Colleton [and others] ; screenplay by Ron Nyswaner ; directed by John Curran
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth
Awards note
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat)
Cataloging source
NZ1
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; art director, Peta Lawson ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; visual effects supervisor, Paul Butterworth ; piano soloist, Lang Lang
Dewey number
791.4572
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content
Language note
Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
LC call number
  • PR6025.A86
  • PN1995.9.M45
LC item number
  • P35 2007
  • P356843 2007
PerformerNote
Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng
Runtime
125
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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