2005 · drama · romance · war
The White Countess
Directed by James Ivory2h 15m2005
In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia, a fallen member of the exiled Russian aristocracy, and a nightclub created by a blind American diplomat who asks Sofia to be the centerpiece of the world he wants to create.
Our read: The White Countess (2005) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance · war entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
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“You want languid Merchant Ivory melancholy in prewar Shanghai's expatriate twilight.”
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