The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil is a 2006 drama film directed by John Curran. The screenplay by Ron Nyswaner is based on the 1925 novel of the same title by W. Somerset Maugham. Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Toby Jones, Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Liev Schreiber appear in the leading roles. This is the third film adaptation of the Maugham book. Previous adaptations were a 1934 film starring Greta Garbo and Herbert Marshall, and a 1957 version called The Seventh Sin with Bill Travers and Eleanor Parker. Both prior versions were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (since WB's sister company, Turner Entertainment, owns the rights for the first two film adaptations, based on the original novel of the same name).