Silk
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On DVD: | February 26, 2008 |
Running time: | 1h 49m | Genre: | Drama, Romance |
In the 1860s, Herve Joncour (Michael Pitt), a married silkworm merchant from France, travels to Japan on business. While there, he meets a beautiful European woman who is the concubine of a local baron. Because they don’t speak the same language, she gives him a note, which he cannot have translated until he arrives back in France. He becomes obsessed with her and returns to Japan where they conduct a secret affair, but Herve's wife Helene (Keira Knightley) begins to suspect what’s going on. Based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco.
Canadian Connection: Partly filmed in Toronto, Ontario. Several cast members are Canadian.
Canadian Connection: Partly filmed in Toronto, Ontario. Several cast members are Canadian.
Director: | François Girard |
Studio: | Odeon Films |
Producer(s): | Niv Fichman, Domenico Procacci, Nadine Luque, Sonoko Sakai |
Cast: | Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Kôji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Mark Rendall, Callum Keith Rennie, Kenneth Welsh |
Writer(s): | François Girard, Michael Golding |
Official Site: | www.silkmovie.com |