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Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, the story of the relationship between a disillusioned former US diplomat and a refugee White Russian countess reduced to a sordid life in the city's bars. Todd Jackson (mid-40s), once an American diplomat filled with idealism, has lost his sight several years earlier, and is now languishing in Shanghai's grand hotels and elite gentlemen's clubs, a burnt-out case, He has become bitterly disillusioned by realpolitik and the seemingly unavoidable nature of war and conflict. He is, moreover, deeply bereaved by the deaths of his wife and children -- victims of violent events in the political turmoil of 1930s China that also robbed him of his sight.

Production
Merchant Ivory Productions (presents); Sony Pictures Classics (presents); Shanghai Film Studios [cn](presents) (as Shanghai Film Studios Corporation); VIP 3 Medienfonds [de](as VIP Medienfonds 3); Global Cinema Group (in association with) (as Peter Elson - Global Cinema Group); Rising Star (in association with); White Countess Productions (copyright owners);

Cast Names
Natasha Richardson; Lynn Redgrave; Madeleine Potter; Madeleine Daly; John Wood; Vanessa Redgrave; Allan Corduner; Timur Engalychev; Lucy Sutton; Amir Maimon; Itay Eltahan; Dan Herzberg; Aislín McGuckin; Dong Fu Lin; Ralph Fiennes; Da Ying; Terence Harvey; Jeff Harding; Paul Birchard; Lee Pace; Hiroyuki Sanada; Pierre Seznec; Dragan Micanovic; Xiao Jun Zong; Alex Frolov; Kirill Khmelnitshi; Luoyong Wang; Alexandar Richardson; Rachel Partington; Ramin Razaghi Sefati; Nicole Utterbeck; Young Fu Fan; Ke Qin Yao; Jin Quan Liu; Manouk Tideman; Matt Eaton; Charles Reston; Hong Lan Hou; Kyle Rothstein; David Sutton;

Box Office
USD 1,666,262

Release Date
2005-10-30 (Savannah Film and Video Festival)
2005-11-04 (Two River Film Festival) (premiere)
2005-12-21 (limited)

Genres
Drama; History; Romance;

Running Time
2 hr. 15 min.

Director
James Ivory

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