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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
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Won Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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3 nominations
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Remake of Garbo Classic
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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) |
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Also Known As:
Mian sha (China: Mandarin title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.
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Runtime:
USA:125 min | Argentina:125 min
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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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Warner Independents and Yari Groups brought in a Chinese production company to help finance the film. The Chinese partner was granted approvals over the script and the finished film. It was concerned about the film's depiction of the uprising during the Chinese Revolution as well as the cholera's victims and asks for these contents to be reduced, something Edward Norton and John Curran disagreed upon. In the end, about 38 seconds of footage were removed.
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Continuity: In the scene where Walter is telling Kitty he wants to divorce her, Kitty's necklace (with Charlie Townsend's ring) disappears and reappears between shots.
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Quotes:
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?
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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?
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2007) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Le Furet Du Bois Joli
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Naomi Watts is every bit as good as Garbo was in the 1934 version, and Ed Norton is outstanding. Great supporting cast as well - Diana Rigg is almost unrecognizable as a Mother Superior, and Liev Schreiber is, as always, terrific as a slimy lowlife. Based on one of Somerset Maugham's best stories, this is a movie that will satisfy anyone looking for an old-fashioned, romantic drama about love lost and love earned. The social quandary of British women after the first World War, which created a generation of unwilling spinsters, is taken as seriously by the filmmakers as the emergence of a new China standing up to its Colonial oppressors. Watts' character's journey from spoiled, selfish Daddy's girl in 1920's fun-loving London to a mature woman in a deprived, cholera-infested third-world country is harrowing.