Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by the Revolution. Forced by her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-girl and taxi dancer, Sofia forms a relationship with Jackson, a blind former diplomat who opens an elegant bar; The White Countess. Their curious relationship matures but they are caught up in the fall of th... (Full plot summary below)
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Shanghai. 1936. Crossroads of the world and into this city of political intrigue comes Sofia, a Russian Countess who, with the remains of her family, has been left stateless by the Revolution. Forced by her reduced circumstances to support herself and her family as a bar-girl and taxi dancer, Sofia forms a relationship with Jackson, a blind former diplomat who opens an elegant bar; The White Countess. Their curious relationship matures but they are caught up in the fall of the city to the Japanese invaders.
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| Rochester Democrat and ChronicleJack GarnerMerchant Ivory places its final, famous imprimatur on a worthy film. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansA little too emotionally repressed to suit its melodrama -- imagine Casablanca with Paul Henried miscast in the Bogart role. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsJames Ivory has cast Britain's acting aristocracy to play post-Revolution Russian aristocracy, which brings much gravitas and many subtle performance highs to this drawn out story set in 1936/7 Shanghai. |
| culturevulture.netLes WrightMerchant and Ivory paint a large, brilliant, detailed canvas. |
| Arizona RepublicRichard NilsenThe White Countess, although it has its share of Masterpiece Theatre moments, is another film to remind us just how cosmopolitan is the Merchant-Ivory filmography. |
| Orlando SentinelRoger MooreIt's a pretty journey, even if it is far too talky and emotionally distant to really work. |
| USA TodayClaudia PuigThe film takes a long time to unfold, and some scenes feel inert. But ultimately, the conclusion is moving and satisfying. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekA high-minded, elegantly-mounted and starrily-cast but dramatically inert and emotionally desiccated snoozer. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFiennes and Richardson make this film work with the quiet strangeness of their performances; if they insist on their eccentricities, it's because they've paid them off and own them outright. |
| New York PostLou LumenickFollowing his triumphs in "The Constant Gardener" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," Fiennes is superb as Todd. |
