Silk
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this is an epic and lushly mounted tale of love, adultery, and the silk trade in the 19th century. When his usual supply dries up, silk merchant Alfred Molina hires Herve (Michael Pitt) to journey to Japan and smuggle back precious silk worms. Herve returns to his loving wife, Keira Knightley, but on a subsequent trip is drawn into a passionate affair with the concubine of a local baron; an affair with consequences that will haunt him for the rest of his life...
Year: 2007
Genre: Drama, Drama Romance, Based on..., Romance
Country: Canada, UK, France, Italy, Japan
Director: Francois Girard
Starring: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Miki Nakatani, Mark Rendall
Duration: 104 Minutes
Rating: M - Contains violence and sex scenes.
5.9/10
Location in store: Drama Romance
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