The Duchess / The Painted Veil

THE DUCHESS

Based on the remarkable, true story of the beautiful, powerful and notoriously scandalous Duchess of Devonshire. The Duchess unfolds the tale of a woman who became one of the worlds first celebrities, who was adored by all the people of England, save one: her husband, the Duke. Once she marries him, she will attain the very heights of society. Whatever she wears will become the fashion of the day. Whatever party she throws will be the place of the moment. And whoever desires political office will seek her out for her influential endorsement. Yet, for all her power and notoriety, for all the affection she receives from the masses, she will have to break all of societys rules, and sacrifice everything, the set her own passionate heart free.

THE PAINTED VEIL

Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, The Painted Veil is a love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who marry for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth.