The Painted Veil

2006 125 min ★ 7.3 Romance, Drama

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

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Cast

Edward Norton

Dr. Walter Fane

Naomi Watts

Kitty Fane

Liev Schreiber

Charlie Townsend

Toby Jones

Mr. Waddington

Diana Rigg

Mother Superior

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Colonel Yu

Xia Yu

Wu Lien

Juliet Howland

Dorothy Townsend

Ian Renwick

Geoffrey Denison

Li Bin

Te-Ming

Details

Director

John Curran

Screenplay

Ron Nyswaner

Tagline

"Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$19,400,000

Revenue

$26,910,847

Production

Emotion Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, Class 5 Films, Warner China Film HG Corporation 中影华纳横店, Stratus Film Co., Bob Yari Productions, The Colleton Company, Dragon Studios, Salon Films, Syndicate Films, Warner Independent Pictures, China Film Co-Production

Reviews

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Peter McGinn

January 9, 2021

★ 8/10

This movie seemed vaguely familiar to my wife like we had seen it before, but it all seemed new to me when we recently watched it. We both enjoyed it. I wasn’t concerned when a few reviews remarked that it moved slowly, as we have always appreciated movies that build a quiet story carefully, and mostly this one did that. My only criticism is that at the outset of the movie, I didn’t quite belie...

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badelf

September 21, 2022

★ 7/10

I enjoyed this film a good more than I expected I would, based on the poor critical response and so-so viewer scores. Fortunately, Norton and Watts saved the film by turning in phenomenal performances. The real problem is that we never get totally invested in the characters. Nevertheless, The Painted Veil is a real love story.