THE Painted Veil, based on a W Somerset Maugham novel, is shown at Malvern Theatres cinema from today (Friday).

A love story set in the 1920s, it tells the tale of young English couple who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with another.

It can be seen until Wednesday at 7.45pm with Thursday, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 4.30pm.