The Painted Veil

Director: John Curran John Curran

Overview

A couple with a broken relationship learns some valuable lessons about love, life, and sacrifice in this romantic drama based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It's 1925, and Dr. Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is a physician and bacteriologist who has become smitten with Kitty (Naomi Watts), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and socially prominent family. Walter proposes marriage to Kitty and she accepts; however, while he clearly loves her, Kitty is more interested in her reputation than Walter's feelings, as she's recently turned 25, an age by which most of her peers have already wed. Kitty and Walter move to Shanghai, where he sets up a practice and she takes a lover, the British Vice Consul Charles Townsend (Liev Schreiber). When Walter learns of his wife's infidelity, he becomes furious, and impulsively volunteers to travel to China to work in a village stricken with a major cholera epidemic. While Walter's actions are meant to punish Kitty rather than reflect his own benevolence, the daily trials of living in a community in crisis have a striking impact on the couple, giving them a new and deeper perspective on their relationship. The Painted Veil is the third screen adaptation of Maugham's best-selling novel of the same name; a 1934 version starred Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall, while Eleanor Parker and Bill Travers played the leads in a 1957 remake titled The Seventh Sin.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2007
UPC:	0012569585577
Original Release:	2006
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:05:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Naomi Watts	Kitty Fane
Edward Norton	Walter Fane
Liev Schreiber	Charlie Townsend
Diana Rigg	Mother Superior
Toby Jones	Waddington
Juliet Howland	Dorothy Townsend
Chau Sang Wong	Colonel Yu
Maggie Steed	Mrs. Garstin
Lorraine Laurence	Sister Maryse
Johnny Lee	Angry Chinese Man
Li Feng	Sung Ching
Gesang Meiduo	Amah
Alan David	Mr. Garstin
Lucy Voller	Doris Garstin
Ian Rennick	Geoffrey Denison
Sally Hawkins	Mary
Bin Wu	Student No. 1
Cheng Shihan	Warlord Kwei
Liang Sijie	Student No. 3
Zoe Telford	Leona
Henry Sylow	Walter Junior
Catherine Anaya	Hostess
Li Bin	Te-Ming
Wu Bin	Student 1
Marie-Laure Descoureaux	Sister St. Joseph
Feng Ligang	Sung Ching
Yin Qing	Student 2
Liang Sigie	Student 3
Anthony Wong	Colonel Yu
Lu Yan	Wan Xi
Xia Yu	Wu Lien
Ma Yun	Student 4
Lin Zheng	Chinese Opera Star
Yao Tian Hua	Singing Orphan
Wu Di	Singing Orphan
Liu Yue Qi	Singing Orphan
Li Zhuo Er	Singing Orphan
Hu Jia Yi	Singing Orphan
Guo Yu Tong	Singing Orphan
Zhao Wei Xin	Singing Orphan
Chen Xiangqi	Singing Orphan
Shi Tong Xuan	Singing Orphan
Tang Yu Xin	Singing Orphan
Cheng Yu Yang	Singing Orphan
Guo Jia Hui	Singing Orphan
Huang Yi Yuan	Singing Orphan
Xu Shu Hao	Singing Orphan
Fei Yue	Singing Orphan
Meng Ting Yu	Singing Orphan
Cheng Zhu Yue	Singing Orphan
Gao Qiao Jia Li	Singing Orphan
Ming Fang	Singing Orphan
Tan Ya Zuo	Singing Orphan
John Cann	Businessman in Colony Club
Maurice Herschtal	Businessman in Colony Club
Bill Marcus	Businessman in Colony Club
Shobauro Hiratsuka	Businessman in Colony Club
Alexandre Desplat	Conductor,Composer
Liev Schrieber	Actor
Lu Ying	Actor

Technical Credits

Ron Nyswaner

John Curran	Director,Executive Producer
Ron Nyswaner	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Sara Colleton	Producer
Jean-Francois Fonlupt	Producer
Mark Gill	Producer
Sanping Han	Producer
Edward Norton	Producer
Mark Gordon	Executive Producer,Producer
Robert Katz	Executive Producer
Bob Yari	Executive Producer,Producer
Michael Zalstein	Executive Producer
Simon Hawkins	Key Grip
Hu Guoguang Qinjian	Stunts
Li Jieyi	Stunts
Antonia Barnard	Executive Producer
Yang Jinguo	Special Effects
Yang Yimin	Special Effects
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Mo Lan	Casting
Liang Sigie	Stunts
Naomi Watts	Producer
Claire Saunders	Casting
Li Hua Sze	Stunts
Ma Yun	Stunts
Wu Bin	Stunts
Yin Qing	Stunts
John Timperley	Sound Mixer
Derek Vanderhorst	Sound/Sound Designer