1.2.2. Genre of Film
The genre of this film is romantic drama, which explores the complex side
of love. Films with romantic drama genre center on some obstacles which prevent
the love of two people. The types of obstacles are like a family‟s disapproval, the
changing feelings of one, forbidden love, unrequited love, to one‟s own
psychological restraints. The plot dwells in finding the way to get out of these
obstacles to eventually experience real love eternally.
The Painted Veil is considered as romantic drama because of an obstacle
found in the movie. Walter loves Kitty with all of his heart, while Kitty loves
Charlie and even cheating behind Walter. Gradually, Kitty learns the real meaning
of love. The love that she finds is in Walter‟s heart. How he struggles himself in
taking good care of cholera patients become a new definition of lover based on
Kitty‟s perspective. Although the ending of this story found in novel and film are
different, there is still connection, for Kitty learns she cannot be such a selfish
person when the condition of her romance life makes Walter sacrificed a lot, until
he really died on his way reaching Kitty‟s heart. And when he is really gone, Kitty
learns that she has been such a selfish person.
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