The White Countess
1,342
Drama
Set in Shanghai in the late 1930s, this is 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 ... [+]
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United States | Chicago Tribune | "It's a very classy, finely made film, and, as one watches it one feels both pain at their (Merchant-Ivory) parting and grateful for what, together, they achieved." | POS |
United States | USA Today | "The film takes a long time to unfold, and some scenes feel inert. But ultimately, the conclusion is moving and satisfying." | POS |
United States | SFGATE | "This is Merchant-Ivory's kind of showmanship, the unflashy adult variety of movie magic that they made their hallmark." | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "A watchable disappointment. Sumptuous to look at, tastefully dull, and ultimately rather silly." | NEU |
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