Russian Countess Sofia Belinskya remembers old times of opulence and fancy dance parties, while she's living exiled in Shanghai, during the 1930s. Now, she has a poor life with her daughter Katya and her husband's family. The Countess works as a hostess and companion lady in a dance club, where she entertains all kinds of men, dancing with them and having a chat. There, she comes to know an American diplomat, Todd Jackson, a nice, kind man with whom she begins a friendship, despite the fact that Jackson is blind. Meanwhile, Jackson meets there a friendly Japanese diplomat, Matsuda, and they b... ecome friends. Years later, Jackson sets up a glamorous club, called "The White Countess", taking Sofia with him to work there as a companion lady. But Sofia doesn't want Katya to find out about her real work, protecting the girl from following in her foot steps in the future. Between Jackson and Sofia exists a special attraction, which could turn into love at any moment. But Jackson is being tortured by a traumatic event from the past, while Sofia is longing for leave the city. The Japanese invasion takes place and threatens their dreams and longings.
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Jackson, a blind US diplomat (Fiennes) bumps into Sofia, an exiled Russian countess on the game (Richardson), in a seedy Shanghai nightclub. Both burdened with personal sadness, they form an unlikely friendship.
Then she takes a job as the hostess of his new nightclub, The White Countess, in order to support her family of Russian, iron-knickered matriarchal miseries and her cute daughter Katya (Daly.) By the end of the film you'll be sick of hearing that name, which is shouted again and again in dodgy Russian accents.
As the two spend time together, we discover why Jackson is such a curmudgeon and why he is emotionally obstructing Sofia as she...
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