Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth. A doctor's wife learns the depth of her commitment to her marriage and her husband when she accompanies him to deal with a cholera epidemic in China.
Publisher:Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, c2007.
General Note: Title from container.DVD.Disc label title.Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.Widescreen version.For private home use only.In English with subtitles in English, French or Spanish.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat).
Creation/Production Credits Note: Director of photography, Stuart Dryburgh ; art director, Peta Lawson ; editor, Alexandre de Franceschi ; music, Alexandre Desplat ; costume designer, Ruth Myers ; visual effects supervisor, Paul Butterworth. PELHAM
Participant or Performer Note: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng.Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.
Awards Note:
Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat).