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FILM DETAILS

Certificate PG

Cast Madeleine Cooper Ralph Fiennes Natasha Richardson Vanessa Redgrave Lynn Redgrave

Directors James Ivory

Screenwriters Kazuo Ishiguro

Running Time 135 minutes

The White Countess (PG)

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Plot
Blinded US ex-diplomat Todd Jackson (Fiennes) isolates himself in decadent '30s Shanghai and creates his ideal bar. Fascinated by Sofia (Richardson), a refugee Russian aristocrat brought low, he engages her as the hostess of his club and finds himself drawn into tragedy, love and intrigue.

Verdict
A potentially compelling situation doesn’t really come off, though Fiennes and Richardson (at her best) are moving.


Reviewer: Angie Errigo

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