UK / Germany / USA / China,
2005, 130 min
Directed by:
James IvoryScreenplay:
Kazuo IshiguroCinematography:
Christopher DoyleComposer:
Richard RobbinsCast:
Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Lynn Redgrave, John Wood, Allan Corduner, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lee Pace, Jean-Pierre Lorit (more)VOD (1)
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Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by the Revolution. Forced by her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-girl and taxi dancer, Sofia forms a relationship with Jackson, a blind former diplomat who opens an elegant bar; The White Countess. Their curious relationship matures but they are caught up in the fall of the city to the Japanese invaders. (official distributor synopsis)
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