The Painted Veil (2006)

Actors: W. Somerset Maugham (writer), Bob Yari (producer), Edward Norton (producer), Naomi Watts (producer), Naomi Watts (actress), Chris Miller (producer), Liev Schreiber (actor), Toby Jones (actor), Mark Gordon (producer), Edward Norton (actor), Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (actor), Hélène Cardona (actress), Diana Rigg (actress), Ruth Myers (costume designer), Alexandre Desplat (composer),

Plot: This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's infidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late?

Keywords: 1920s, adulterous-wife, adultery, baby, bacteriologist, band, baptism, bare-butt, based-on-novel, bath
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people Forgiveness comes at a price

Quotes:

Kitty Fane: [about Wan Xi] I had no idea you had so much affection for her.::Waddington: What makes you think I do?::Kitty Fane: I can see it in your eyes. I wonder what she sees in you.::Waddington: [In Chinese] What do you see in me?::Wan Xi: [to Waddington] You're a good man.::Waddington: She says I'm a good man.::Kitty Fane: As if a women has ever loved a man for his virtue.

Kitty Fane: [Talking to her mother about marrying Walter] Please, Mother. The idea that any women should marry any Tom, Dick or Harry regardless of her own feelings is simply prehistoric.

Walter Fane: I knew when I married you that you were selfish and spoiled. But I loved you. I knew you only married me to get as far away from your mother as possible. And I hoped that one day... there'd be something more. I was wrong. You don't have it in you.::Kitty Fane: If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him then it's *his* fault not hers.::Walter Fane: Either way. Tomorrow morning we are to leave for Mei-tan-fu, or I shall file my petition.::Kitty Fane: Walter, you can't be serious about taking me into the middle of a cholera epidemic.::Walter Fane: Do you think that I'm not?::Kitty Fane: My God. That's what you want isn't it? Do you really think Charlie will let you do this?::Walter Fane: I don't think Charlie has very much to say about it.::Kitty Fane: Everything you said is true. Everything. I married you even though I didn't love you. But you knew that. Aren't you as much to blame for what's happened as I?

Charlie Townsend: Women are always under the impression that men love them more that they really do.::Kitty Fane: I wouldn't delude myself for a second that you were in love with me.::Charlie Townsend: Now there you're wrong.

Kitty Fane: For God's sake, Walter, will you stop punishing me? Do you absolutely despise me?::Walter Fane: No. I despise myself.::Kitty Fane: Why?::Walter Fane: For allowing myself to love you once.::[Walter turns away and Kitty leaves the room and closes the door. As he approaches the door she can be heard sobbing in the other room]

Kitty Fane: It's raining cats and dogs.::Kitty Fane: I said it's raining cats and dogs.::Walter Fane: Yes, I heard you.::Kitty Fane: You might have answered.::Walter Fane: I suppose I'm not used to speaking unless I've something to say.::Kitty Fane: If people only spoke when they had something to say, the human race would soon lose the power of speech.

Kitty Fane: Walter, stop. I'm pregnant.::Walter Fane: A baby?::[while Walter begins to look elated, Kitty looks terrified]::Walter Fane: You're quite certain?::Kitty Fane: Yes.::Walter Fane: Well, that's wonderful.::[he sees the scared look on Kitty's face and the he remembers; Kitty's affair with Charlie Townsend]::Walter Fane: How long do you think you've been like this?::Kitty Fane: Two months. Maybe longer.::Walter Fane: [his expression becomes solemn] Kitty. Am I the father?::Kitty Fane: [crying softly] I honestly don't know. I'm sorry.::Walter Fane: Well... It doesn't matter now, does it?::Kitty Fane: No. No, it doesn't.::[Kitty throughs her arms around Walter and embraces him. He in turn hugs her back]

Kitty Fane: I was wondering if you could tell me when the post comes through. It's for Shanghai.::Waddington: Unfortunately, since the cholera the cowards won't venture past the river port. But leave it with me. A local trader I know is making the trip on Friday.::Kitty Fane: [hands Waddington the letter]::Waddington: [reading the envelope] Townsend. Charlie Townsend?::Kitty Fane: Yes. He's an acquaintance of my husband. Do you know him?::[Kitty takes the letter back and looks worried]::Waddington: Years ago. We were both assigned to the consulate in Shanghai. Charming wife.::Kitty Fane: Yes. They're very popular, aren't they?::Waddington: He'd made a science of popularity.::Kitty Fane: So you know his family?::Waddington: Well, well enough. I like Dorothy.::Kitty Fane: [laughs] Yes, I understand they're quite the devoted couple.::Waddington: Oh, he had his little flirtations.::Kitty Fane: Nothing serious.::Waddington: I once heard her say that she found it most unflattering that the women who fell for her husband were so consistently second-rate.::Kitty Fane: [looks mortified for a moment, then laughs] Well, enjoy the record.::Waddington: Mrs. Fane? The letter.::Kitty Fane: Right. Yes, it suddenly occured to me that Friday's much too late. Thanks all the same.

Mother Superior: When love and duty are one, grace is within you.

Walter Fane: I'd like to press on, if you don't mind.::Kitty Fane: Surely my comforts are no concern to you.

A Life for a Life (1998)

Actors: Cathy Doubleday (miscellaneous crew), Olympia Dukakis (actress), Barbara Kidd (costume designer), Francesca Jaynes (miscellaneous crew), Malcolm Tierney (actor), Tony Maudsley (actor), Malcolm Craddock (producer), Simon Shepherd (actor), Muir Sutherland (producer), Tom Chadbon (actor), Ian Hutchinson (miscellaneous crew), John Bowler (actor), Stephen Whittaker (director), Alex Sutherland (miscellaneous crew), Bob Mason (actor),

Genres: Drama,

The Endless Game (1990)

Actors: Ennio Morricone (composer), Bryan Forbes (director), Derek de Lint (actor), Michael Medwin (actor), Kristin Scott Thomas (actress), Bryan Forbes (writer), Monica Guerritore (actress), Albert Finney (actor), John Standing (actor), Anthony Quayle (actor), George Segal (actor), Julian Holloway (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Phyllis Townshend (miscellaneous crew), Geoff Freeman (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: There are no rules. There is only survival.

Quotes:

Belfrage: What do you believe in, Hillsden?::Alec Hillsden: Religion, you mean?::Belfrage: No, belief. What holds you together?::Alec Hillsden: Oh, that. I believe in evil, plain old-fashioned evil. That way you're never disappointed. Expect the worst, the rest is a bonus.

Wednesday's Luck (1936)

Actors: George Pearson (director), Patrick Barr (actor), George Dewhurst (actor), Moore Marriott (actor), Anthony Havelock-Allan (producer), Beckett Bould (actor), Linden Travers (actress), Wilson Coleman (actor), Eric Hales (actor), Paul Neville (actor), Ernest Borrow (actor), Gordon Bailey (actor), Ralph Neale (writer), George Bailey (actor), Susan Bligh (actress),

Genres: Crime,

The Painted Veil (1934)

Actors: Gus Leonard (actor), Eddie Lee (actor), Robert Adair (actor), Colin Kenny (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), George Brent (actor), Lawrence Grant (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Forrester Harvey (actor), Jean Hersholt (actor), Leyland Hodgson (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor), Olaf Hytten (actor), Jack 'Tiny' Lipson (actor),

Plot: In Austria, Katrin is lonely after her sister's marriage and she agrees to marry her father's research associate Dr. Walter Fane. Fane takes her to China but constantly ignors her in favour of his medical research. Lonely Katrin has an affair with Jack Townsend of the British Embassy. When it is discovered by Walter he becomes very bitter. Fane travels to fight a cholera epidemic and Katrin goes with him and helps. They grow closer together than ever before but Walter is knifed in a riot incited by the burning of a cholera infested town. Now their new found happiness will depend on Walter's survival.

Keywords: 78rpm-record, austria, austrian, bacteriologist, based-on-novel, beggar, buddha, buddhism, bungalow, china
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Do not pass love by...It may never come again!

Quotes:

Katrin Koerber Fane: [after Townsend impulsively kisses Katrin] How could you?::Jack Townsend: I could.

Katrin Koerber Fane: I like China very much. I like America too. I like all the places I haven't been.

Jack Townsend: [to Katrin] Why can't we be unhappy together?

Katrin Koerber Fane: [to Townsend] You seem to be like a Chinese garden fountain... everywhere one turns.

Katrin Koerber Fane: [to Fane] Right now you and I are closer than we ever were... and further apart.

Jack Townsend: [to Katrin] I think you're the most curious curio in all China.

Katrin Koerber Fane: The water has to boil?::Dr. Walter Fane: They say the longer you watch it, the longer it takes.

Deputy Commissioner Waddington: [Offering scotch whiskey to Fane] Stay full of this. Leaves no room for the cholera.