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The White Countess (2005)
Director: James Ivory
Movie review
From Time Out New York
As one of the last films produced by Ismail Merchant, James Ivory's languorous war movie may surprise those who expect more intimate, etiquette-bound antics from these aristocrats of independent cinema. Set in 1936 Shanghai on the eve of the Sino-Japanese War, the film tracks the relationship between Jackson (Fiennes), a blind, disillusioned American diplomat who builds his dream bar to shut out the world, and Sofia (Richardson), an exiled Russian countess now working as a taxi dancer. The film maunders at times, but benefits from Christopher Doyle's energetic visual style and finds its legs when the Japanese invade.Author: DS
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Cast & crew
Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Lynn Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Madeleine Potter, Madeleine Daly, Allan Corduner full cast
Genre(s): Drama
Duration: 138 mins
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