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The Painted Veil (2006) - Movie Details

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Release Date: December 20, 2006 (LA/NY)
January 19, 2007
On DVD: May 8, 2007
Genre: Drama
Director: John Curran
Writer: Ron Nyswaner
Cast: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures
Official site: thepaintedveilmovie.com
Running Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.

Based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, "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...

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A film that has, by and large, flown completely under the radar throughout awards season, The Painted Veil stars Edward Norton and Naomi Watts as an unhappy married couple who travel to remote China to confront a cholera outbreak. The movie offers good performances, a moving story and beautiful scenery, so why the heck aren't more people talking about it?

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