Silk
- Released on
- Runtime
- 107 mins
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. 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.
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. 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.
Cast
- Keira Knightley
- Michael Pitt
- Alfred Molina
- Koji Yakusho
- Sei Ashina
- Miki Nakatani
- Kenneth Welsh
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Mark Rendall
- Martha Burns
- Naoko Watanabe
- Tony Vogel
- Hiroya Morita
- Hiroshi Ohguchi
- Toru Tezuka
- Akinori Ando
- Jun Kunimura
- Kanata Hongo
- Yuya Takagawa
- Tarô Suwa
- Dimitri Carella
- Dominick Carella
- Joel Adams
- Nicola Tovaglione
- Chiara Stampone
- Toni Bertorelli
- Carlo Cecchi
- Marc Fiorini
- Leslie Csuth
- Nana Nagao
- Katy Louise Saunders
- Max Malatesta
- Francesco Carnelutti
- Maddalena Maggi
- Makoto Inamiya
- Makoto Matsubara
- Yuki Kawanishi
- Hiroki Takano
Director
- François Girard
Producers
- Nadine Luque
- Domenico Procacci
- Niv Fichman
- Sonoko Sakai
Screenwriter
- François Girard
- Michael Golding
