Painted Veil (English, 2007)

Can a girl love a man simply for his virtue?

In one of the most beautiful and romantic movies of the year, the love that Dr. Walter (Edward Norton) and his wife Kitty (Naomi Watts) find for each other by discovering each other's inner beauty is a poignant story of rediscovering what love is all about.

Kitty gets married to Walter simply to get away from her surroundings, but when she accompanies her husband to Shanghai where he works as a bacteriologist, she finds him quite boring and uninteresting and gets into an extramarital affair. When Walter finds out, he takes up an assignment in a remote village in China where a Cholera epidemic is spreading and takes her with him. Painted Veil is the story of the unhappy couple learning to forgive each other, rediscovering their love, and eventually themselves in each other, amidst the sufferings and misery.

Absolutely wonderful acting by both Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, backed by a touching storyline and some very good cinematography of what must be one of the most remote and most beautiful places on earth. Here's one that touches your heart.

Rating - ✔✔✔✔