Film

Silk

2007 · 1h 47m · Drama · Romance

Come Back, or I Shall Die...

IMDb

5.8

Rotten Tomatoes

7%

Metacritic

39

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.

Keira Knightley

Hélène Joncour

Michael Pitt

Hervé Joncour

Alfred Molina

Baldabiou

Koji Yakusho

Hara Jubei

Sei Ashina

The Girl

Miki Nakatani

Madame Blanche

Kenneth Welsh

Mayor Joncour

Callum Keith Rennie

Schuyler

Mark Rendall

Ludovic Berbek

Martha Burns

Mme. Joncour

Naoko Watanabe

Japanese Girl

Tony Vogel

Café Verdun Man #1

Hiroya Morita

Japanese Elder #1

Hiroshi Ohguchi

Japanese Elder #2

Toru Tezuka

Japanese Guide

Akinori Ando

Ronin

• François GirardDirector · Screenplay
• Michael GoldingScreenplay
• Alessandro BariccoNovel
• Nadine LuqueProducer
• Domenico ProcacciProducer
• Sonoko SakaiProducer
• Niv FichmanProducer
• Jonathan DebinExecutive Producer
• Akira IshiiExecutive Producer
• Camela GalanoExecutive Producer

Silk (2007) trailer

Release date

September 14, 2007

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

R

Budget

$20,000,000

Genres

Drama, Romance

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