The White Countess
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| The White Countess | |
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| Directed by | James Ivory |
| Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
| Written by | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| Starring | Ralph Fiennes Natasha Richardson Vanessa Redgrave Hiroyuki Sanada Lynn Redgrave Allan Corduner Madeleine Potter |
| Music by | Richard Robbins |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Editing by | John David Allen |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
| Release date(s) | 21 December 2005 |
| Running time | 135 min |
| Country | UK, China |
| Language | English |
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The White Countess is a 2005 Merchant/Ivory film set in Shanghai in the late 1930s. James Ivory directed the movie. The screenplay was written by the acclaimed novelist, Kazuo Ishiguro.
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[edit] Cast
- Ralph Fiennes as Jackson
- Natasha Richardson as Sofia
- Vanessa Redgrave as Aunt Sara
- Lynn Redgrave as Olga
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Matsuda
- Allan Corduner as Samuel Feinstein
- Madeleine Potter as Greshenka
- John Wood as Uncle Peter
- Madeleine Daly as Katya
- Dan Herzberg as Frenchman
- Jean-Pierre Lorit as Antoine Jacquier
- Lee Pace as Tom Crane
[edit] Plot
Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian countess who, with the remains of her family, has, like other "White Emigres", been left stateless by the Revolution. Forced by her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-girl and taxi dancer, Sofia forms a relationship with Jackson, a blind former American diplomat who opens an elegant bar which he names "The White Countess". Their curious relationship matures but they are caught up in the fall of the city to the Japanese invaders.
[edit] Trivia
- This is the second film that stars Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson. The first was Maid in Manhattan.
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