Silk(2007)

🎬107 min
📅2007-09-14
🎭Drama, Romance
⭐5.8/10

Overview

French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful HélÚne. 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.

Production

Rhombus Media, Fandango, Bee Vine Pictures, Vice Versa Films

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Cast

Keira Knightley
as HĂ©lĂšne 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

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