Movie name: The painted
Veil
Directed by: John
Curran
Casts: Edward Norton,
Naomi Watts
The Painted Veil,
directed by John Curran and to my surprise, it is produced by Edward Norton and
Naomi Watts. A beautiful movie which makes you blend with it and travels like a
sad poem which makes u feel a little ,laugh a little and mourn a little. The
story dates back to 1925 to the cholera affected China.
The Painted Veil is all
about how the social life of Walter Fane Played by Edward Norton and his
unfaithful wife Kitty Fane played by Naomi Watts bring about a change in their
private life. Walter Fane is a doctor, falls in love with Kitty Fane. In order
to get away from her family, Kitty fane agrees to marry him. Life turns
pathetic and not so interesting after the marriage for the female part. One
fine evening, she visits a theatre along with Walter to witness the theatrical act
under the invitation from Walter’s friend. She meets Charles Townsend and falls
in love with him, who is Walter’s friend’s husband. She cheats on Walter and
Walter comes to know about it. Walter couldn’t forgive her, but he could live
with her under one condition which is, she has to accompany him to the Cholera
affected Chinese village (since Walter volunteers to go to Chinese village to
help the people suffering from Cholera and find a cure for the same) and she
too agrees with him. The turn of events at the Chinese village shows that
Walter is a good human being and Kitty loves him. But, Walter still is unable
to forgive her. Whether Walter forgave Kitty and did they live together? Tells
the remaining story.
There are four notable characters in this
movie. Walter Fane, Kitty Fane, Mr.Waddington(Toby Jones) and Colonel Yu. The
reaction when he comes to know that his wife is cheating on him, the humanity
in him while helping the Village people even though they disrespect him, Edward
Norton glows like a morning sun which doesn’t have a flaw in it. While cheating
her husband, her sense of remorse after that, her changeover from the ludicrous
city girl to a good human being after seeing the goodness in her husband, Naomi
watts could do no wrong. Toby Jones and Colonel Yu perfectly rendered
their rolls and John Curran’s direction is picture perfect. The movie quite
beautifully shows us, what is humanity? Even though the nuns are helping the
Sufferers, Edward Norton’s conversation with Naomi Watts quite clearly isolates
the problems in our society right from the past, “They're not just here to run
an orphanage, your nuns.”
“They're turning those
children into little Catholics.”
“None of us are in
China without a reason.”
It’s really a hard fact
and spreading your religion to the sufferer in the name of God is really a
bitter truth and I vote against it. Edward Norton, being an activist, I presume
he might have inducted that dialogue.
Dialogues and Music
plays the main role in this movie. Dialogues are spot on and make you think
twice which makes you rewind the scene once again. Music almost took my soul
away while watching the movie, especially the opening track. A perfect Veil
painted nicely and if you really want to understand what is Humanity then watch
this movie. I would rather be a fan of Edward Norton and Naomi Watts not
because of their lead roles but as the producers of this kind hearted movie.
Artistic and light hearted!
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