The novel of the Painted Veil, written by Somerset Maugham, is mainly set in 3 different places: England, Hong Kong and Mei Tan Fu.
England is Kitty's hometown where she meets Walter; Hong Kong is where she lives with Walter and has her affair with Charles Townsend; Mei Tan Fu is the town where a cholera epidemic reigns and Walter is helping.
A little bit in England, but mostly in China
"Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell
She wore a veil at the wedding.The store was a veil for shady underground operations.
If you had three out of four walls painted red, as a set they would be incongruous.
In "The Minister's Black Veil," the congregation is shocked when they see Mr. Hooper wearing the black veil. At first they felt amazement but this turned to disdain, fear, and superstitious feelings.
I got this off the following website (This is the HTML version of the file http://www.diva-portal.org/diva/getDocument?urn_nbn_se_kau_diva-1742-1__fulltext.pdf) and it really breaks it down and now I understand why the book and movie was called "The Painted Veil":At a wedding, a veil is usually white, representing the innocence of the person wearing it.White is pure and has not yet been violated. In the novel the veil is painted, which means that it is not an innocent veil the characters are wearing. Maugham used this concept to show how all of society and the people living in it are tainted. The only characters' in the novel that wear white, literally speaking, are the nuns. In the novel one can read how they are all dressed completely in white, except for a red cross on their chests. It is not completely clear if the nuns are in fact wearing painted veils like the rest of the characters. Nuns are supposed to be innocent and saint-like, but maybe Maugham wants to say that just because they are working for God does not mean that they are innocent. Indeed Waddington questions their true nature.He says that he tried to make them leave, for their own safety, but they would not, because they all want to die as martyrs (Maugham 101). Another thing that can make one question the nuns' motives would be their imposing Catholicism on the townspeople and the orphans. Do they only help and take care of the children as long as they can spread their religion? However, another interpretation is also possible. Kitty believes that they are all saints, and they are the reason why she decides to make a change in her life and give some back. The nuns do help Kitty lift her own veil. They are the reason why she sees the truth about her own shallow and selfish lifestyle.
The Painted Veil was released on 12/20/2006.
The Production Budget for The Painted Veil was $19,400,000.
The Painted Veil grossed $15,118,795 worldwide.
The Painted Veil grossed $8,060,487 in the domestic market.
Somerset Maughm wrote "The Painted Veil"
Naomi Watts
The Painted Veil, directed by John Curran in 2006. The narrative focuses on a British doctor, Walter Fane, struggles to defeat a cholera outbreak in a Chinese Village. The Painted Veil is a romance, drama genre based film.
The Painted Veil - 1934 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:G USA:Passed (National Board of Review) USA:Approved (PCA #395) USA:TV-G (TV rating)
It is mostly set in China, although it starts out in America.
The Painted Veil
"Gnossiennes No. 1 - Lent" by Erik Satie
"The Painted Veil" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a sonnet that explores themes of love, beauty, and truth. The veil symbolizes the illusion of physical beauty and the need to look beyond appearances to find true beauty within oneself. The poem encourages readers to seek deeper connections based on inner qualities rather than external appearances.