Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

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 ; piano soloist, Lang Lang.

Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Juliet Howland, Anthony Wong, Maggie Steed, Lorraine Laurence, Johnny Lee, Li Feng.

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.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.

DVD; region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; dual-layer.

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby Digital 5.1 surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.

Golden Globes (USA), 2007: Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Alexandre Desplat)

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