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Mood:
- ContemplativeSentimentalTouching
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Plot:
- Fall in LoveForbidden LoveLove and RomanceCouplesSocial RelationsCouple RelationsInfidelityTerminal Illness more...
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Genres:
- DramaRomanceMelodramaPeriod
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Time/Period:
- 19th CenturyVictorian
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Place:
- EuropeFranceJapan
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Style:
- Voice Over
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Silk, 2007
English, Japanese, Latin
Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan
Profile of Silk
The mood of Silk is contemplative, sentimental, and touching. The plot centers around forbidden love, social relations, and falling in love. It is a drama, romance, and period movie. Stylistically, Silk includes a voice over and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Silk is set in Japan and France. It happens in the Victorian era.
Summary of Silk
With SILK, director François Gerard (THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD, THE RED VIOLIN) brings Alessandro Baricco's bestselling novel to sumptuous life. Michael Pitt stars as Herve Joncour, a Frenchman who lives in a small town that has hit hard times. A local silkworm magnate (Alfred Molina) stumbles upon a solution for his town's troubles, and enlists Herve to travel to a hidden corner of Japan in order to smuggle back a boundless supply of rare silkworms. Traveling in disguise so that he won't be exposed, Herve succeeds in his mission. Upon returning home, he reunites with his beautiful, supportive wife, Helene (Keira Knightley). While Herve and Helene have a loving relationship, their inability to produce a child creates an undercurrent of distance between them. This is compounded when Herve meets a beautiful concubine (Sei Ashina) during one of his subsequent journeys, sparking a passionate encounter that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Gerard's adaptation of Baricco's novel spans several continents and many years. The production is aided by the lush imagery of cinematographer Alain Dostie and the haunting score from acclaimed composer Ryuichi Sakamoto (THE LAST EMPEROR). Featuring yet another standout performance from Molina, SILK tells an epic tale of love and loss in the 19th century.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese, Latin |
| Country: | Canada, France, Italy, UK, Japan |
| Release date: | 14 September 2007 |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
Cast and Crew
as Hervé Joncour
as Hélène Joncour
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Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kevin Crust
TV Guide
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- by: Maitland McDonagh
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- 30.December.2010
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- by: Chris Merritt
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