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  1. In this final film by Oscar®-nominated producer Ismail Merchant (1994, Best Picture, Remains of the Day), and Oscar®-nominee James Ivory (1993, Best Director, Howards End), 1930s Shanghai provides the backdrop for this exceptional drama starring two-time Oscar®-nominee Ralph Fiennes (1997, Best Actor, The English Patient; 1994, Best Supporting Actor, Schindler's List) as Todd Jackson, a ...

  2. In this final film by Oscar®-nominated producer Ismail Merchant (1994, Best Picture, Remains of the Day), and Oscar®-nominee James Ivory (1993, Best Director, Howards End), 1930s Shanghai provides the backdrop for this exceptional drama starring two-time Oscar®-nominee Ralph Fiennes (1997, Best Actor, The English Patient; 1994, Best Supporting Actor, Schindler's List) as Todd Jackson, a ...

  3. As a meditation on the commonality of death and sex and of the impotent struggle of goodness and taste against the wars that mankind seems addicted to, The White Countess has much to offer. The image of Fiennes in overcoat and bow-tie, calmly pouring brandy as the bombs fall around him, sticks in the mind like the scream of a child.

  4. English. The Countess is a 2009 French - German historical crime thriller drama written and directed by Julie Delpy, who also composed its score. It stars Delpy, Daniel Brühl and William Hurt. It is based on the life of the notorious Hungarian countess Elizabeth Báthory . The film is the third directorial effort by Delpy, who has said of the ...

  5. Dec 19, 2005 · Review: The White Countess. The White Countess is an unceremonious denouement for the erudite Merchant Ivory label. The blind direct the blind in Merchant Ivory’s latest prestige project—essentially their last, too, given the death this past spring of producing guru Ismail Merchant. It represents an unceremonious denouement for the erudite ...

  6. In 1930s Shanghai, 'The White Countess' is both Sofia—a fallen member of the 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.

  7. Feb 23, 2006 · White Countess, The The last in the long, distinguished line of Merchant-Ivory collaborations — Ismail Merchant having died during production — is, as you would expect, a handsome, well-acted ...

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