The Painted Veil

Based on the novel with the same name, written by W. Somerset Maugham, the movie ‘The Painted Veil’ presents the love story of an English couple. The action is placed in the 20s.

Walter is a middle-class doctor, and Kitty is a high society lady. Walter and Kitty get married without loving each other passionately.

They move to Shanghai and there, Kitty falls in love with another man. When  Walter finds out about her infidelity, he wants to revenge and accepts a job in a Chinese village. Here everybody suffers from cholera.  Walter takes Kitty with him to this village. This trip brings them the passion they needed so much.

Release Date: January 19, 2007

Genre: Romance, Drama

Cast:

Naomi Watts (Kitty)

Edward Norton (Walter)

Director: John Curran

Although polite, Yilan can’t wait to get rid of her father, who wants to get involved in her life and determine her to get back together with her ex-husband.

The only person who Mr. Shi gets along well, despite language barriers, is Madam, a woman from Iran, who lives with her son and his famiy.

Mr. Shi an Madam start seeing each other regularly, meeting in the park. They become very good friends, but the friendship ends when Madam is sent to a retirement home.

Mr. Shi and his daughter Yilan have a fight, where each one of them tells the other how he/she really feels.

Release Date: September 19, 2008

Genre: Romance, Drama

Cast:

Henry O. (Mr. Shi)

Feihong Yu (Yilan)

Vida Ghahremani (Madam)

Director: Wayne Wang