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The White Countess is a 2005 drama film directed by James Ivory and starring Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lynn Redgrave, Allan Corduner, and Madeleine Potter. The screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro focuses on a disparate group of displaced persons attempting to survive in Shanghai in the late 1930s.
With Natasha Richardson, Lynn Redgrave, Madeleine Potter, Madeleine Daly. In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.
"The White Countess" is a film about a man who dreams of owning the perfect little bar, a place of elegance that finds the delicate balance, as he thinks a woman should, "between the erotic and the tragic." Outside, it is Shanghai in 1936 and the world is late for its appointment with war.
A blind American diplomat in 1930s Shanghai develops a curious relationship with a young Russian countess living in reduced circumstances. 2005 White Countes...
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Oct 30, 2005 · In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the Russian aristocracy—and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat, who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.
THE WHITE COUNTESS. Drama. In this final film by Oscar®-nominated producer Ismail Merchant (1994, Best Picture, Remains of the Day), and Oscar®-nominee James Ivory (1993, Best Director, Howards End), 1930s Shanghai provides the backdrop for this exceptional drama starring two-time Oscar®-nominee Ralph Fiennes (1997, Best Actor, The English ...
