The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

  • Director: John Curran
  • Writer: Ron Nyswaner,W. Somerset Maugham
  • Countries of origin: China, United States, Canada
  • Language: English, Mandarin, French
  • Release date: January 19, 2007
  • Sound mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Al otro lado del mundo
    • "The Painted Veil" is a romance film directed by John Karan, adapted from the novel " The Painted Veil " by Somerset Maugham , with Ron Nesvannier as the screenwriter, Naomi Watts , Edward Harrison Norton , Isaac Liev Schreiber , Anthony Perry and Yu Xia starred together. The film was released in Mainland China on December 29, 2006.
    The film tells the story of Kitty, a vain woman who only wanted to squeeze the upper class society in London in the 1920s. She was willing to choose a marriage without love to marry the doctor Walter. After the marriage, she moved to Shanghai with her husband. However, she was too lonely and immediately caught up with British diplomacy. The official porter cheats. Facing his unfaithful wife, Walter decided to go to the farming village where cholera was raging with his family to practice medicine, as the biggest punishment for her. In the turbulent world, passing by death and despair every day, the couple discovered another world and approached each other for the first time in a distant foreign land   .

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    • Release date January 19, 2007
    • Filming locations Yizhou, Guangxi, China
    • Production companies WIP, Stratus Film Co., Bob Yari Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $19,400,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $8,060,487

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $51,086

    Gross worldwide

    $26,910,847

    Movie reviews

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    • By Sarai 2022-07-28 15:05:35

      The Painted Veil--When "Cold Mountain" Meets "The Veil"

      I watched "The Painted Veil" two days ago, and it's still the kind of cool-toned love that reminds me of Cold Moutain. The background is all war, and it is also a beautiful scenery, but Painted feels closer to Chinese history, and you can better understand every beautiful picture. In the pictures depicting the scenery, "Cold Mountain" outlines the poignant beauty, while "The...

    • By Melisa 2022-07-20 15:13:29

      The Painted Veil--A Literary Love Movie

      The male protagonist and "The Magician" are the same person-Edward Norton. His performance in this film is far more attractive to me than the magician's, dull and taciturn, introverted and sensitive, stubborn and stubborn... People are affected by their last love and death.The softest side of the heart The heroine is Naomi Watts, the blond beauty that King Kong likes, but it's a bit old. Maybe it's because of the...

    • By Hannah 2022-06-14 12:16:13

      "The Painted Veil"--The Great Love

      LOVE "The Veil"

      Love is not just a feeling; it can come and go at any time, like happiness.

      Love is an emotion, an emotion that helps us understand one another.

      Love is a responsibility, and love without...

    • By Jazmyn 2022-04-23 07:02:17

      regular woman vs regular man

      There are two things in this film that left a deep impression on me, one is told by a woman, and the other is played by a man. The common point is that they are very routine and are easily overlooked.
      Just after escaping the foreign riots, before the relationship between the host and the hostess was restored due to extramarital affairs, they had a dialogue; during the dialogue, the hostess said, man, you know that it is very complicated for you to face bacteria, don't you think? Aren't...

    • By Deshaun 2022-04-23 07:02:17

      Missed

      "The veil of true love is only lifted once in a lifetime."

          The whole film is filled with a faint, hazy, confused, elegant, meaningful, and helpless atmosphere. The picture is beautiful and the story is smooth, but the sublimation and foreshadowing of the emotions seem to be not enough. In fact, it's no wonder that there are so many things to consider in a two-hour movie. And love is such a thing that no matter how many pages it takes, it is difficult to explain clearly....

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    • By Rozella 2023-09-18 13:00:24

      The novel is actually not that long, and many of the preludes have been chopped up quickly, but it's still so long, and it's still beautiful, which is a bit surprising. The background changed from Hong Kong to Shanghai. The London scene in the film was also shot in Shanghai. The other is Huangyao Town, Zhaoping County, Guangxi. Actually abandoned the last words of "it was the dog who died". The piano is actually Lang Lang. Huang Qiusheng's face is really suitable for going to Hollywood. Xia Yu...

    • By Liana 2023-08-13 13:20:55

      Some shocking...

    • By Mona 2023-06-10 13:54:17

      Love until separation meets. Too vulgar, why avoid vulgarity. Especially when I've been lonely for so...

    • By Elinore 2023-05-10 01:25:13

      Edward Norton, I love...

    • By Edwina 2023-04-15 05:02:56

      Uncle Maugham's novel, I read it for a whole...

    Movie plot

    London girl Kitty ( Naomi Watts ornaments ), in order to escape the glitz 1920s London empty circles, but also to prevent themselves into an old maid, Kitty accepts a taciturn doctor Walter Fane ( Edward Harrison Norton decoration ) of Proposal. After coming to Shanghai together, Walter quickly invested in bacteriology research. Lonely Kitty and attractive married man Charlie Townsend ( Isaac Liev Schreiber ornaments ) occurred in...
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    Naomi Watts appeared in "The Painted Veil" with brown-black hair. According to reports, Watts's styling was designed entirely based on the description of the heroine in Maugham's original novel. "The Painted Veil" will be another collaboration between Watts and director John Cullen after " We don't live here anymore ".
    In 2005, Edward Harrison Norton came to China to film "The Painted Veil". He stayed for more than 3 months in total. He...
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    Behind the scenes

    Director John Karan is a Hollywood director. His short film " Rusted " has been screened in many film festivals around the world, won the Discovery Award at the French Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival in 1997, and won the Best Short Film Award at the 1997 International Short Film Festival. His 1998 film "Praise" won awards at international film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival.
    The film’s photographer Stuart...
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    Filming locations

    The film "The Painted Veil" should be the first Western film about China shot in China in a long time. The crew traveled more than 8,000 kilometers in 10 days, trying to find ancient villages and towns surrounded by mountains and rivers, and also close to modern facilities to provide convenience for the cast and production company. In the end, Guangxi became the best location.
    At first, the producer had planned to build the Meitan...
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    Movie quotes

    • [opening lines]

      Walter Fane: Hello.

      Kitty Garstin: Hello.

      Walter Fane: Say, I was wondering...

      Kitty Garstin: What?

      Walter Fane: Sorry. I - I was wondering if you'd like to dance.

      Kitty Garstin: Why not?

    • [Walter and Kitty are out at the Chinese Opera with Charlie and Dorothy Townsend]

      Charlie Townsend: Are you enjoying it?

      Kitty Fane: I've never seen anything like it.

      Charlie Townsend: Every gesture has a meaning. See how she covers her face with the cloth? She is mourning her misfortune.

      Kitty Fane: What happened to her?

      Charlie Townsend: She was sold into slavery. Condemned to a life of drudgery and despair in a strange land far from home. See the chains? They represent the heavy bondage of her poor, trapped soul from which there is no escape, and so she weeps. She weeps for the lively, vivacious girl she once was, the lonely woman she has become... and most of all... she weeps for the love she'll never feel, for the love she'll never give.

      Kitty Fane: Is that really what she's saying?

      Charlie Townsend: Actually I haven't a clue what she's on about. I don't speak Chinese.

      [Charlie and Kitty laugh]

    • [Waddington walks in to the Fanes' new house]

      Waddington: You must be the doctor's wife. I've just met your husband and invited myself to dinner. I've kept the Watsons' cook for you - she's not bad. She'll have to do for your amah as well. We're a little short-handed here.

      [Remembering he hasn't introduced himself yet]

      Waddington: Sorry, my name is Waddington.

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