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Genres:
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Drama /
History /
Romance /
War /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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James Ivory
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Actors:
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Madeleine Potter,
Madeleine Daly,
Timur Engalychev,
Lucy Sutton,
Amir Maimon,
Natasha Richardson,
Lynn Redgrave,
John Wood,
Vanessa Redgrave,
Allan Corduner
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Duration:
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135 min.
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Rating:
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(6.5/10)107
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Plot Summary:
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Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the on cloud nine and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless at hand the Revolution. Forced next to her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-girl and hack dancer, Sofia forms a relationship with Jackson, a stone-blind former diplomat who opens an elegant bar; The White Countess. Their curious relationship matures but they are caught up in the fall of the city to the Japanese invaders.
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The White Countess
Jackson, a unsighted US diplomat (Fiennes) bumps into Sofia, an exiled Russian countess on the dissimulate (Richardson), in a seedy Shanghai nightclub. Both burdened with deprecating sadness, they custom an unlikely friendship. Then she takes a matter as the hostess of his new nightclub, The Spotless Countess, in order to endure her family of Russian, iron-knickered matriarchal miseries and her cute daughter Katya (Daly.) By the end of the film you'll be unwell of hearing that specify, which is shouted again and again in dicey Russian accents. As the two fritter away without surcease together, we ascertain why Jackson is such a curmudgeon and why he is emotionally obstructing Sofia as she attempts to pinpoint closer to him. They've both bygo...
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