Showing posts with label The painted veil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The painted veil. Show all posts

Monday, November 17, 2008

The Painted Veil


I'm really not sure how I missed this one? I watched this movie while I was sick in bed yesterday, and it is probably the best movie I have seen in a long time. The story was brilliant, the score was haunting, and the acting was impeccable. I totally got lost in this movie, which rarely happens.

I didn't even know this movie existed, let alone the book, which apparently was a masterpiece. I truly recommend this movie to anyone. Don't read the plot before you see it, just trust me, and watch it. It's mostly set in China, but begins in London with a shallow Brittish woman who marries a man she is not in love with to escape and spite her parents (though he is in love with her). They move to Hong Kong where he works as a microbiologist. She quickly gets bored, and that is where the movie gets exciting.
I'm still thinking about this story today.....