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* NunsNRosaries: The French order running the orphanage in the village.
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Kitty Garstin (Watts) is a shallow {{socialite}} who decides to marry boring bacteriologist Dr. Walter Fane (Norton) when she finds that she's out of suitors and her [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] pushes her to make the match. Walter's work takes him to UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}, and there Kitty settles into married life and embarks upon an affair with Charles Townsend (Creator/LievSchreiber), the married British vice consul. After Walter discovers the affair he offers Kitty two options: divorce on the grounds of adultery, or she can go with him to a small village out in the country where a deadly cholera epidemic is in full swing. Realising [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie won't leave his wife for her]], Kitty accompanies Walter to the village, where she is forced to confront her previous illusions about Walter and herself.

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Kitty Garstin (Watts) is a shallow {{socialite}} who decides to marry boring bacteriologist Dr. Walter Fane (Norton) when she finds that she's out of suitors and her [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] pushes her to make the match. Walter's work takes him to UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}, and there Kitty settles into married life and embarks upon an affair with Charles Townsend (Creator/LievSchreiber), the married British vice consul. After Walter discovers the affair he offers Kitty two options: divorce on the grounds of adultery, or she can go with him to a small village out in the country where a deadly cholera epidemic is in full swing. Realising Realizing [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie won't leave his wife for her]], Kitty accompanies Walter to the village, where she is forced to confront her previous illusions about Walter and herself.
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Kitty Garstin (Watts) is a shallow {{socialite}} who decides to marry boring bacteriologist Walter Fane (Norton) when she finds that she's out of suitors and her [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] pushes her to make the match. Walter's work takes him to UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}, and there Kitty settles into married life and embarks upon an affair with Charles Townsend (Creator/LievSchreiber), the married British vice consul. After Walter discovers the affair he offers Kitty two options: divorce on the grounds of adultery, or she can go with him to a small village out in the country where a deadly cholera epidemic is in full swing. Realising [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie won't leave his wife for her]], Kitty accompanies Walter to the village, where she is forced to confront her previous illusions about Walter and herself.

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Kitty Garstin (Watts) is a shallow {{socialite}} who decides to marry boring bacteriologist Dr. Walter Fane (Norton) when she finds that she's out of suitors and her [[MyBelovedSmother mother]] pushes her to make the match. Walter's work takes him to UsefulNotes/{{Shanghai}}, and there Kitty settles into married life and embarks upon an affair with Charles Townsend (Creator/LievSchreiber), the married British vice consul. After Walter discovers the affair he offers Kitty two options: divorce on the grounds of adultery, or she can go with him to a small village out in the country where a deadly cholera epidemic is in full swing. Realising [[{{Jerkass}} Charlie won't leave his wife for her]], Kitty accompanies Walter to the village, where she is forced to confront her previous illusions about Walter and herself.
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** In the book [[spoiler: the baby was definitely Charlie's]].

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** In the book [[spoiler: the baby was definitely Charlie's]].Charlie's]].

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