The Painted Veil

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The Painted Veil
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PG13,2hrs 5min
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December 20, 2006
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Warner Independent Pictures
Synopsis: A couple with a broken relationship learns some valuable lessons about love, life, and sacrifice in this romantic drama based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It's 1925, and Dr. Walter Fane (Edward Norton) is a physician and bacteriologist who has become smitten with Kitty (Naomi Watts), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy and socially prominent family. Walter proposes marriage to Kitty and she accepts; however, while he clearly loves her, Kitty is more interested in her reputation than Walter's ... Full Synopsis
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Curran, his actors and screenwriter Ron Nyswaner have made an old-fashioned melodramatic epic that, as steeped as it is in the language and tradition of old movies, is never less than thrummingly alive. Full Review
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69
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out of 100
Featured Cast
Kitty, Kitty Fane
Walter, Walter Fane
Charlie, Charlie Townsend
Waddington
Photos
Edward Norton promotes his film "The Painted Veil" in New York on Nov. 5, 2006. (Retna)
Edward Norton promotes his film "The Painted Veil" in New York on Nov. 5, 2006. (Retna)
Edward Norton at a premiere of "The Painted Veil" in Hollywood, Calif., on Dec. 13, 2006. (Sara De...
Edward Norton attends a press event in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 29, 2005, midway through making...
Edward Norton attends a press event in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 29, 2005, midway through making...
Aussie actress Naomi Watts and boyfriend Liev Schreiber, who met on the set of 2006's "The Painted...
Naomi Watts and Edward Norton in "The Painted Veil" (Image: Warner Independent Pictures)
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