The Painted Veil 2006  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Curran
Cast: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Diana Rigg, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong, Marie-Laure Descoureaux, Xia Yu, Alan David, Catherine An, Juliet Howland, Maggie Steed
W. Somerset Maugham's novel is brought to the screen with Naomi Watts playing the frivolous, upper-class Kitty who marries the middle-class doctor, Walter Fane (Edward Norton). When the couple moves to Shanghai and Walter immerses himself in his cholera research, spoiled Kitty begins an affair with diplomat Charlie Townsend (Liev Schreiber). Walter discovers the affair and threatens Kitty with divorce if she doesn't move with him to a remote village in China that is ravaged by cholera. Kitty joins Walter on the expedition and, in the harsh environment, gains a social conscience and finds a purpose in their lives.
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Praise 1998  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Curran
Cast: Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler, Marta Dusseldorp, Ray Bull, Joel Edgerton, Yvette Duncan, Gregory Perkins, Leone Carmen, Skye Wansey, Lynette Curran, Richard Green, Susan Prior, Damon Herriman, Paul Lum, Fiona Mahl
When lethargic drifter Gordon (Peter Fenton) hooks up with chunky, eczema-plagued barmaid Cynthia (Sacha Horler), obsessive sex amidst drugs and alcohol becomes the order of the day. For awhile, Cynthia involves Gordon in her hyperactive world, but, finally, Gordon, whose lungs are collapsing, cannot take anymore of her wild lifestyle.
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 We Don't Live Here Anymore 2004 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Curran
Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Peter Krause, Naomi Watts, Sam Charles, Haili Page, Jennifer Bishop, Jennifer Mawhinney, Amber Rothwell, Jim Francis
In this negative view on marriage, two couples–Jack and Terry (Mark Ruffalo and Laura Dern) and Hank and Edith (Peter Krause and Naomi Watts)–are good friends, but their lifestyles are about to ruin their marriages and their children's security as well.
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| 1. The Painted Veil (2006)
2. Praise (1998)
3. We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004)
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