The Painted Veil

[MacGuffin]

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Release Date: December 15, 2006

Cast: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones

Director: John Curran (We Don't Live Here Anymore)

Screenwriter: Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia; Mrs. Soffel)

Based Upon: The novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham, which was also made into a film in 1934, starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall.

Premise: Set in the 1920's, when a doctor, Walter (Norton), in China discovers that his wife, Kitty, is having an affair, he moves them to a remote village to fight a cholera outbreak. Over time, the two become closer than ever, as Kitty begins a "journey of self-discovery."