Drama

The White Countess

DramaHistoryRomance

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.

Year

2006

Duration

2h 15m

IMDb

6.5

Trailer

Cast

James Ivory

Director

Ralph Fiennes

Todd Jackson

Natasha Richardson

Countess Sofia Belinskya

Vanessa Redgrave

Princess Vera Belinskya

Lynn Redgrave

Olga Belinskya

Madeleine Potter

Grushenka

Madeleine Daly

Katya

John Wood

Prince Peter Belinsky

Allan Corduner

Samuel Feinstein

TE

Timur Engalychev

Feinstein Child

LS

Lucy Sutton

Feinstein Child

AM

Amir Maimon

Feinstein Child

IE

Itay Eltahan

Feinstein Child

Dan Herzberg

Frenchman

Aislín McGuckin

Maria

DF

Dong Fu Lin

Taxi Dance Hall Manager

Da Ying

Kao

Terence Harvey

Walters

Jeff Harding

Company Director

Kazuo Ishiguro

Writer

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Comments

4 comments

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Christelle motidiNov 16, 2022

aesthetic delight. impressive cast. inspired story. and slice of a dark history presented with precise, delicate grace. but all is a impressive collection of ice pieces. like in a theater play in which words, gestures and relations between characters are only fragments of reality sketches. the vision of Ivory is not a surprise and the hard work of actors to maintain a large construction is admirable. but the film, full of real virtues, has not soul. it is only a marble statue who impress, enjoy, but nothing more. the viewer is only a museum visitor. is it enough ? maybe not. but it is not fair to consider it a disappointment. only example of cold beauty and new demonstration of Ivory art.

Yalice KoneNov 16, 2022

The poignancy of this movie outweighs any shortcomings in the directorial department. I found myself immersed in the milieu of 1930's ShangHai, a place and time I had only read of and subsequently wondered about. The real strength of this movie is the accessibility with which powerful emotion is portrayed. I found I had real empathy for the characters. The characters were played superbly by one of the most pedigreed casts I've seen in a while. The pace was slow, but measured and well-suited to the plot. Ralph Fiennes was a convincing lead -- the image of him reminds me of TS Eliot mixed with Rick Blaine (Casablanca). Natasha Richardson is brilliant in this role. Understated and quite believable. All in all a beautiful, other worldly movie, and not for the faint-hearted.

Sandra GyasiNov 16, 2022

I was caught up in this film from the very beginning. For me, Richardson's performance is Oscar-worthy and Fiennes does a credible job as a recently blind diplomat doing his best to hide from the realities of the world by creating a world of his own. This film could be considered "Casablanca" turned on its head, where people of all different races and religions and beliefs come together at a nexus of great social turmoil, and the story of two small people doesn't amount a hill of beans to anyone but us, the audience. The White Countess is one of my favorite films of 2005. And I have to admit I'm not much of a Merchant-Ivory fan, but this one was truly exceptional.