Kolo's wife has decided to accompany her husband, a scientist, to mainland China for a strong mission in the 1920s. Both sides are in serious trials to fight the cholera epidemic. Over time, a couple discovers betrayal and alienation but they try to give a chance to salvation. Now, the couple embarks on a perilous journey during that period.
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.
New Zealand Herald
May 02, 2008
Norton, an American, and Australian Watts are so busy struggling with their accents that they never really find their characters' hearts. But it's a solid piece of period escapism.
The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.
Concealed passions are revealed as life takes unexpected turns and what initially seems like an act of vengeance becomes the making of the central characters
