The White Countess
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- Synopsis
- James Ivory directed this historical drama of a man who has shut himself away from a world he cannot change. Todd Jackson (Ralph Fiennes) is an American expatriate living in Shanghai in the late '30s....
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- Director(s)
- James Ivory
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 135 min.
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I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that this oasis of romance amid the turmoil of Shanghai represents the way that Merchant and Ivory, for 40 years, saw themselves: as a sanctuary of calming, life-size taste in a movie culture grown coarse. It was often far from perfect, but I'll miss that sanctuary.Read the full review
Fiennes and Richardson make this film work with the quiet strangeness of their performances; if they insist on their eccentricities, it's because they've paid them off and own them outright.Read the full review
The film takes a long time to unfold, and some scenes feel inert. But ultimately, the conclusion is moving and satisfying.Read the full review
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