In 1936 Shanghai, a crossroads of global politics, a Russian Countess named Sofia finds herself stateless after the Revolution. To support herself and her family, she becomes a bar-girl and taxi dancer. Sofia forms a connection with Jackson, a blind former diplomat who owns a sophisticated bar called The White Countess. As their bond grows, they become entangled in the city's tumultuous fall to Japanese invaders.
The White Countess
An American diplomat, despite being blind, forms an unlikely bond with a resourceful Russian refugee who uses unconventional and sometimes illegal methods to support her in-laws from her late husband's noble background in 1930s Shanghai.
