The Painted Veil
Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.
RomanceDramainfidelitychinabased on novel or bookshanghai, chinanuncholeraforeign aiddoctorepidemicconvent (nunnery)loveless marriage1920s
A period drama about emotional estrangement and redemption, where a husband and unfaithful wife confront their broken marriage against the backdrop of a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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.
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