The Painted Veil (2006)

Director:

John Curran

Writers (WGA):

Ron Nyswaner (screenplay)
W. Somerset Maugham (novel)

Release Date:

19 enero 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

British Empire | Unrequited Love | China | Orphanage | Statesman

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A most transporting film.

Cast

Catherine An	...	Hostess
Bin Li	...	Te-Ming
Bin Wu	...	Student 1
Alan David	...	Mr. Garstin
Marie-Laure Descoureaux	...	Sister St. Joseph
Sally Hawkins	...	Mary
Juliet Howland	...	Dorothy Townsend
Toby Jones	...	Waddington
Lorraine Laurence	...	Sister Maryse
Johnny Lee	...	Angry Chinese Man
Li Feng	...	Sung Ching
Gesang Meiduo	...	Amah
Edward Norton	...	Walter Fane
Yin Qing	...	Student 2
Ian Renwick	...	Geoffrey Denison

También conocida como:

Al otro lado del mundo (Argentina) [es]
Velo pintado, El (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.

Duración:

Argentina:125 min | USA:125 min

País:

China | USA

Idioma:

Mandarin | English | French

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

UK:12A (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Hong Kong:IIA | France:U | Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Denmark:11 | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | South Korea:15 | Ireland:12A | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42973)

Filming Locations:

Beijing Film Studio, Beijing, China

Company:

WIP

Trivialidades:

Edward Norton injured his back while filming.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Walter is telling Kitty he wants to divorce her, Kitty's necklace (with Charlie Townsend's ring) disappears and reappears between shots.

Quotes:

Colonel Yu: I think China belongs to the Chinese people, but the rest of the world seems to disagree.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-01-06)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Reste Avec Moi

A most transporting film.

I think is the tone of the film –– and by that I mean everything from the cinematography to the dialogue the music and, most of all, the nuanced performances –– which, because it is so consistent and so consistently sublime renders the film far apart from the ordinary.

I was interested to see that Naomi Watts and Edward Norton produced this film. No matter which of them (or, for that matter, any one of the film's fine cast) is on the screen, we are fully involved: they invite us into their story, they invite us to care.

Even if one were to strip away the performances and the story there is still the sheer beauty of the Chinese countryside, filmed to perfection.

Just go, and see for yourself.