China Synopsis
“Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.”
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.
The 2005–2007 China Window
58 China films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Painted Veil sits at position #9.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Painted Veil. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2000s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Painted Veil premiered. 142 total titles in this decade from China.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 5m runtime, production spent $155K per minute on screen and earned $215K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #237 of 946 China films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Romance productions specifically: #23 of 125 (top 18%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Canada, China, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | French, Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Yari Film Group, Emotion Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, Class 5 Films, Warner China Film HG Corporation |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | December 9, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0446755 |