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"The Painted Veil" quotes

The Painted Veil poster
A British medical doctor fights a cholera epidemic in a small Chinese village, while being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

Director: John Curran
Writer: Ron Nyswaner, W. Somerset Maugham
Production: N/A
Genre: drama, romance
Year: 2006
MetaScore: 69/100
ImdbRating: 7.4
BoxOffice: $8,060,487
Released: 19 Jan 2007
Awards: 11 wins & 13 nominations

28 video clips

Walter FaneKitty FaneMother SuperiorCharlie TownsendColonel YuWaddingtonWan XiWalter Junior
It was silly of us to look for qualities in each other that we never had - The Painted Veil 00:05 It was silly of us to look for qualities in each other that... As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue - The Painted Veil 00:05 As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue Will you stop punishing me - The Painted Veil 00:17 Will you stop punishing me When love and duty are one - The Painted Veil 00:08 When love and duty are one You're quite certain - The Painted Veil 01:08 You're quite certain I said it's raining cats and dogs - The Painted Veil 00:27 I said it's raining cats and dogs But I loved you - The Painted Veil 01:07 But I loved you Do you like flowers - The Painted Veil 00:23 Do you like flowers Are you enjoying it - The Painted Veil 00:37 Are you enjoying it I shut off the town's only water supply today - The Painted Veil 00:37 I shut off the town's only water supply today I think China belongs to Chinese people - The Painted Veil 00:15 I think China belongs to Chinese people He doesn't speak any English - The Painted Veil 00:57 He doesn't speak any English What makes you think I do - The Painted Veil 00:59 What makes you think I do Dick or Harry regardless of her own feelings is simply prehistoric - The Painted Veil 00:09 Dick or Harry regardless of her own feelings is simply... I wouldn't delude myself for a second that you were in love with me - The Painted Veil 00:17 I wouldn't delude myself for a second that you were in... Are you looking to kill yourself - The Painted Veil 00:03 Are you looking to kill yourself I was wondering - The Painted Veil 00:06 I was wondering Men are incalculable - The Painted Veil 00:11 Men are incalculable I think China belongs to the Chinese people - The Painted Veil 00:07 I think China belongs to the Chinese people Charlie Townsend - The Painted Veil 01:09 Charlie Townsend I'd like to press on - The Painted Veil 00:07 I'd like to press on What do you think - The Painted Veil 00:17 What do you think To which faith do you subscribe - The Painted Veil 00:27 To which faith do you subscribe I'm not sure that's very well put - The Painted Veil 00:04 I'm not sure that's very well put Forgive me - The Painted Veil 00:03 Forgive me I think they're quite nice - The Painted Veil 00:03 I think they're quite nice The girls named her Zan Xien - The Painted Veil 00:13 The girls named her Zan Xien You must be the doctor's wife - The Painted Veil 00:18 You must be the doctor's wife

Cast

Hostess - Catherine An
Te-Ming - Bin Li
Student 1 - Bin Wu
Mr. Garstin - Alan David
Sister St. Joseph - Marie-Laure Descoureaux
Mary (scenes deleted) - Sally Hawkins
Dorothy Townsend - Juliet Howland
Waddington - Toby Jones
Sister Maryse - Lorraine Laurence
Angry Chinese Man (as Johnny Lee) - Gwing-Gai Lee
Sung Ching - Li Feng
Amah - Gesang Meiduo
Walter Fane - Edward Norton
Student 2 - Yin Qing
Geoffrey Denison (as Ian Rennick) - Ian Renwick
Mother Superior - Diana Rigg
Charlie Townsend - Liev Schreiber
Warlord Kwei (as Shihan Cheng) - Sihan Cheng
Student 3 - Liang Sijie
Mrs. Garstin - Maggie Steed
Walter Junior - Henry Sylow
Leona - Zoe Telford
Doris Garstin - Lucy Voller
Kitty Fane - Naomi Watts
Colonel Yu - Anthony Chau-Sang Wong
Wan Xi - Yan Lü
Wu Lien - Yu Xia
Student 4 - Ma Yun
Chinese Opera Star - Lin Zheng
Singing Orphan - Tian Hua Yao
Singing Orphan - Di Wu
Singing Orphan - Yue Qi Liu
Singing Orphan - Zhuo Er Li
Singing Orphan - Jia Yi Hu
Singing Orphan - Yu Tong Guo
Singing Orphan - Wei Xin Zhao
Singing Orphan - Xi Chen
Sinfing Orphan - Tong Xuan Shi
Singing Orphan - Yu Xin Tang
Singing Orphan - Qiao Jia Li Gao
Singing Orphan - Yu Yang Cheng
Singing Orphan - Jia Hui Guo
Singing Orphan - Yi Yuan Huang
Singing Orphan - Shu Hao Xu
Singing Orphan - Yue Fei
Singing Orphan - Ting Yu Meng
Singing Orphan - Zhu Yue Cheng
Singing Orphan - Qiao Ming Fang Gao
Singing Orphan - Ya Zuo Tan
Businessman in Colony Club - John Cann
Businessman in Colony Club - Maurice Herschtal
Businessman in Colony Club - Bill Marcus
Businessman in Colony Club - Shobauro Hiratsuka
Englishman - Nick Barnes
French Nun (voice) - Hélène Cardona