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White Countess
2005
Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family. Read more
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave |
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| Director | James Ivory |
| Genres | Drama |
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White Countess
Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, John Wood, Madeleine Potter |
|---|---|
| Director | James Ivory |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 10 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Czech, English, Hungarian, Polish |
| Dubbed | Polish, Hungarian, Czech |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 14 Aug 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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A poor swansong for Merchant Ivory
I rushed to the cinema to see Marchant Ivory’s last film (set in the 1930s). However my initial enthusiasm didn’t last, as regrettably it was not the best of their films. However it is a beautiful film with wonderful performances from the actors: Natasha Richardson as the Russian countess plays her with a broken heart and broken smile and Ralph Fiennes gives such an accomplished and credible performance of a blind man living in his dark world, it is a shame that he is let down by the script. One of the disappointments for me was that there is no chemistry between the two leads, I couldn’t actually image them being friends let alone lovers. The film is beautiful and haunting though. It was interesting that the film was as I am not that familiar with that history.
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18 out of 18 people found this review helpful
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A poor swansong for Merchant Ivory
I rushed to the cinema to see Marchant Ivory’s last film (set in the 1930s). However my initial enthusiasm didn’t last, as regrettably it was not the best of their films. However it is a beautiful film with wonderful performances from the actors: Natasha Richardson as the Russian countess plays her with a broken heart and broken smile and Ralph Fiennes gives such an accomplished and credible performance of a blind man living in his dark world, it is a shame that he is let down by the script. One of the disappointments for me was that there is no chemistry between the two leads, I couldn’t actually image them being friends let alone lovers. The film is beautiful and haunting though. It was interesting that the film was as I am not that familiar with that history.
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White Countess
Set in 1930s Shanghai, where a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd -- and sometimes illicit -- jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family....
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