Genre: Drama / Romance
Tagline: Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two
people
Plot Summary :
Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a
love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English
couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty
(Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong
reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with
someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of
vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by
a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings
meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the
most remote and beautiful places on earth.
Directed by: John Curran
