Silk (2007)
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.
- Released
- 2007-09-14
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- François Girard, François Girard, Michael Golding
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 from 227 votes
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Hélène Joncour
- Michael Pitt as Hervé Joncour
- Alfred Molina as Baldabiou
- Koji Yakusho as Hara Jubei
- Sei Ashina as The Girl
- Miki Nakatani as Madame Blanche
- Kenneth Welsh as Mayor Joncour
- Callum Keith Rennie as Schuyler
- Mark Rendall as Ludovic Berbek
- Martha Burns as Mme. Joncour
- Naoko Watanabe as Japanese Girl
- Tony Vogel as Café Verdun Man #1