The painted veil

Author

Naomi Watts

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Edition

Widescreen version.

Languages

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

Performers

Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2007.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: PG-13 for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.

Summary

Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.

Notes

Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.