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FILM: The Painted Veil (M) Edward Norton and Naomi Watts star in this adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel about a reserved Brit bacteriologist whose wife has an affair, prompting him to condemn them both to fighting cholera in a remote Chinese village.

Romance In The Orient

This colonial piece steps back in time without unleashing the mothballs. The Painted Veil Directed by John Curran Screenplay by Ron Nyswaner, from the novel by W. Somerset Maugham Rated M Running time 123 minutes Showing Now Cinemas Everywhere Rating: 4/5