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Release Date:
19 January 2007 (USA)
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Tagline:
Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people more
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. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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3 nominations
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A most transporting film.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 (as Ian Rennick) |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Mian sha (China: Mandarin title)
Al otro lado del mundo (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Der bunte Schleier (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Duvak (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
El velo pintado (Spain) [es]
Falin ásýnd (Iceland) [is]
Il velo dipinto (Italy) [it]
Kärlekens slöja (Sweden) [sv]
Kærlighedens slør (Denmark) [da]
Kirjava huntu (Finland) [fi]
Kjærlighetens slør (Norway) [no]
Le voile des illusions (France) [fr]
Malowany welon (Poland) [pl]
O Despertar de Uma Paixão (Brazil) [pt]
O Véu Pintado (Portugal) [pt]
Oslikani veo (Croatia) [hr]
Színes fátyol (Hungary) [hu]
Vammeno peplo (Greece) [el]
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Al otro lado del mundo (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Der bunte Schleier (Germany) (DVD title) [de]
Duvak (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
El velo pintado (Spain) [es]
Falin ásýnd (Iceland) [is]
Il velo dipinto (Italy) [it]
Kärlekens slöja (Sweden) [sv]
Kærlighedens slør (Denmark) [da]
Kirjava huntu (Finland) [fi]
Kjærlighetens slør (Norway) [no]
Le voile des illusions (France) [fr]
Malowany welon (Poland) [pl]
O Despertar de Uma Paixão (Brazil) [pt]
O Véu Pintado (Portugal) [pt]
Oslikani veo (Croatia) [hr]
Színes fátyol (Hungary) [hu]
Vammeno peplo (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.
Parents Guide:
Runtime:
USA:125 min | Argentina:125 min
Color:
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Malaysia:(Banned) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Finland:K-11 |
Ireland:12A |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Denmark:11 |
UK:12 (DVD rating) |
UK:12A (original rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #42973) |
France:U |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Sweden:11
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Trivia:
German Oscar-Award-winning director Caroline Link was attached to the project, also working on her own version of the screenplay.
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Goofs:
Continuity: In the scene in the orphanage where Walter kisses Kitty goodbye before he leaves for the camp, Kitty is sleeping with a child in her arms. The child is lying on his side as Walter kisses her, then a wider angle is shown and the child is all of a sudden sleeping on his back.
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Quotes:
Walter Fane:
Do you like flowers?
Kitty Fane: Not particularly, no. Well, I mean yes, but we don't really have them around the house. Mother says, "Why purchase something you can grow for free?" Then, we don't really grow them either. It does silly really. To put all that effort into something that's just going to die.
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Kitty Fane: Not particularly, no. Well, I mean yes, but we don't really have them around the house. Mother says, "Why purchase something you can grow for free?" Then, we don't really grow them either. It does silly really. To put all that effort into something that's just going to die.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Reste Avec Moi
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FAQ
What does the title refer to?Is the story original with Maugham?
To what does "The dog it was that died" refer?
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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.