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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... See Full Description
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Art/Foreign, Drama and War |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 15 min. |
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| Release Date: |
December 21st, 2005 (NY/LA) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for some violent images and thematic elements. |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Classics
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,666,262 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Classy period piece has an impeccable cast, but tends to move slowly. Sometimes too slowly." more...
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B- |
Boston Globe, Ty Burr
"...a watchable disappointment." more...
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C |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Fiennes and Richardson make this film work with the quiet strangeness of their performances..." more...
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B |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"...a deeply evocative film, beautifully done." more...
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A- |
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