Silk

Release Date:

Sep 14, 2007

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

1:49

Genre:

Drama,Romance

Director:

François Girard

Cast:

Keira Knightley	Helene Joncour
Michael Pitt	Herve Joncour
Koji Yakusho	Hara Jubei
Alfred Molina	Baldabiou
Miki Nakatani	Madame Blanche
Mark Rendall	Ludovic
Sei Ashina	The Girl
Kenneth Welsh	Mayor Joncour
Jun Kunimura	Umon
Callum Keith Rennie	Trader
Carlo Cecchi	Priest
Toni Bertorelli	Verdun

Producers:

Niv Fichman , Nadine Luque , Domenico Procacci , Sonoko Sakai , Tom Yoda , Yasushi Shiina , Akira Ishii , Camela Galano , Jonathan Debin , Patrice Theroux , Alessandro Baricco

Writers:

François Girard, Michael Golding

Language:

English

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The Painted Veil

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French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène . When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. Here he becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.

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