Silk (2007)
Come Back, or I Shall Die...
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.
- Date of release
- 2007-09-14
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (227)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- François Girard
Casting
- 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
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