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    Unique ID Code: 0000096988
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    Added on: 27/8/2007 00:40
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    Painted Veil, The (UK)

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    Forgiveness Comes at a Price
    Certificate: 12
    Running Time: 120 mins
    Retail Price: £17.99
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    Synopsis:
    Based on the classic novel by Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is an epic and captivating love story set in the 1920s that tells the tale of a young English couple, Walter, a middle-class doctor, and Kitty, an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. In an act of vengeance when he uncovers her infidelity, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and insists that Kitty accompany him. However, the hardships of the journey bring meaning to their relationship and give them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.

    Special Features:
    Theatrical Trailer
    Making of The Painted Veil

    Video Tracks:
    Widescreen Anamorphic 1.78:1

    Audio Tracks:
    Dolby Digital 5.1 English

    Subtitle Tracks:
    CC: English

    Directed By:
    John Curran

    Written By:


    Starring:
    Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
    Bin Li
    Catherine An
    Diana Rigg
    Toby Jones
    Liev Schreiber
    Edward Norton
    Naomi Watts

    Casting By:
    Ellen Lewis

    Soundtrack By:
    Alexandre Desplat

    Director of Photography:
    Stuart Dryburgh

    Editor:
    Alexandre de Franceschi

    Costume Designer:
    Ruth Myers

    Production Designer:
    Juhua Tu

    Producer:
    Bob Yari
    Naomi Watts
    Edward Norton
    Sanping Han
    Mark Gill
    Jean Francois Fonlupt
    Sara Colleton

    Executive Producer:
    Michael Zaltstein
    Ron Nyswaner
    Robert Katz
    Mark Gordon
    John Curran

    Distributor:
    Momentum Pictures

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