The painted veil

DVD - 2007

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.

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Genres
Feature films
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video [2007]
Language
English
Other Authors
Ron Nyswaner (-), John Curran, Alexandre Desplat, W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham, 1874-1965
Edition
Widescreen version
Item Description
Videodisc release of the 2006 motion picture.
Title from container.
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (DVD)(125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Region 1, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, dual-layer.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.
Awards
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat).
Production Credits
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.
ISBN
9781419818196
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