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This was one of my favorites. I watched it with a dear dear friend.
The Title, the Painted Veil may refer to the wedding veil a symbol of purity, only this veil is painted, or fake. It is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins, "Lift not the painted veil which those who live, Call Life"
This couple move from living that masked, veiled life to a sharp reality and this give rise to the by line to the title, which I absolutely love, "Sometimes the Greatest Journey is the Distance between Two People."
That byline is from W. Somerset Maugham Novel from which the film is adapted.
Great moving movie.
The Title, the Painted Veil may refer to the wedding veil a symbol of purity, only this veil is painted, or fake. It is a reference to Percy Bysshe Shelley's 1824 sonnet, which begins, "Lift not the painted veil which those who live, Call Life"
This couple move from living that masked, veiled life to a sharp reality and this give rise to the by line to the title, which I absolutely love, "Sometimes the Greatest Journey is the Distance between Two People."
That byline is from W. Somerset Maugham Novel from which the film is adapted.
Great moving movie.
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