
Overview:
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.Status: | Released (2006-12-09) |
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Awards: | 11 wins & 13 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $8,060,487 |
Screen: | Ron Nyswaner, W. Somerset Maugham |
Productions: | Emotion Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, Class 5 Films, Warner China Film HG Corporation, Stratus Film Co., Bob Yari Productions, The Colleton Company, Dragon Studios, Salon Films, Syndicate Films, Warner Independent Pictures, China Film Co-Production Corp. |
Production Countries: | Canada, China, Hong Kong, United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | Français, 普通话, English |

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- 2949: Alexandre Desplat - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 61630: Alexandre de Franceschi - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
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This movie seemed vaguely familiar to my wife like we had seen it before, but it all seemed new to me when we recently watched it. We both enjoyed it. I wasn’t concerned when a few reviews remarked that it moved slowly, as we have always appreciated movies that build a quiet story ca ....
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I enjoyed this film a good more than I expected I would, based on the poor critical response and so-so viewer scores. Fortunately, Norton and Watts saved the film by turning in phenomenal performances. The real problem is that we never get totally invested in the characters. Neverthe ....
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