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Having escaped the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Countess Sofia Belinskaya is working as a taxi dancer and prostitute, in a seedy Shanghai bar in 1936. Sofia is the sole support of her family of aristocratic White Russian émigrés , including her daughter Katya, her mother-in-law Olga, her sister-in-law Grushenka, and an aunt and uncle ...
Mar 17, 2006 · Meanwhile it's hinted that Sofia is forced to prostitute herself, but this dilemma is never properly addressed and Hiroyuki Sanada loiters in the background as someone who may or may not...
Dec 21, 2005 · Natasha Richardson stars as Sofia, a White Russian refugee in Shanghai, in the Merchant-Ivory film The White Countess. Sony Classic Pictures. The White Goddess is the last film made by...
- Bob Mondello
Although distraught over the loss of his family, Jackson dreams of opening the perfect nightclub and when he raises the money, he hires Sofia to be the hostess at The White Countess.
In 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family. Director. James Ivory. Writer. Kazuo Ishiguro. Stars. Ralph Fiennes. Natasha Richardson. Vanessa Redgrave. See production info at IMDbPro.
Feb 23, 2006 · Fascinated by Sofia (Richardson), a refugee Russian aristocrat brought low, he engages her as the hostess of his club and finds himself drawn into tragedy, love and intrigue.
Sofia: There is no bed for me till morning. My daughter... Sorry, I was forgetting our agreement. Todd Jackson: I told you, there is no agreement. I just once thought that we'd get on best if we confined our friendship to within these walls.
