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.
Director:
François Girard
Writers:
François Girard, Michael Golding.
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Keira Knightley as Hélène Joncour |
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Michael Pitt as Hervé Joncour |
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Alfred Molina as Baldabiou |
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Koji Yakusho as Hara Jubei |
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Sei Ashina as The Girl |
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Miki Nakatani as Madame Blanche |
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Kenneth Welsh as Mayor Joncour |
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Callum Keith Rennie as Schuyler |
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Mark Rendall as Ludovic Berbek |
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Martha Burns as Mme. Joncour |
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Naoko Watanabe as Japanese Girl |
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Tony Vogel as Café Verdun Man #1 |
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Hiroya Morita as Japanese Elder #1 |
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Hiroshi Ohguchi as Japanese Elder #2 |
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Toru Tezuka as Japanese Guide |
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Akinori Ando as Ronin |
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Jun Kunimura as Umon |
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Kanata Hongo as Japanese Boy |
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Yuya Takagawa as Japanese Trader #1 |
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Tarō Suwa as Japanese Trader #2 |
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Dimitri Carella as 2-Year-Old Ludovic |
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Dominick Carella as 2-Year-Old Ludovic |
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Joel Adams as 4-Year-Old Ludovic |
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Nicola Tovaglione as 10-Year-Old Ludovic |
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Chiara Stampone as Béatrice Berbek |
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Toni Bertorelli as Verdun |
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Carlo Cecchi as Priest |
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Marc Fiorini as M. Chabert |
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Leslie Csuth as M. Loiseau |
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Nana Nagao as Geisha 1 |
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Katy Louise Saunders as Brothel Hostess |
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Max Malatesta as Customs Officer |
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Francesco Carnelutti as Doctor |
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Maddalena Maggi as Brothel Hostess #2 |
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Makoto Inamiya as |
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Makoto Matsubara as |
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Yuki Kawanishi as |
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Hiroki Takano as |
| Writing | François Girard | Screenplay |
| Production | Jonathan Debin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nadine Luque | Producer |
| Writing | Michael Golding | Screenplay |
| Directing | François Girard | Director |
| Camera | Alain Dostie | Director of Photography |
| Production | Patrice Theroux | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlo Poggioli | Costume Designer |
| Sound | Olivier Calvert | Sound |
| Sound | Claude La Haye | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Designer |
| Production | Emita Frigato | Production Designer |
| Production | Camela Galano | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bernard Gariépy Strobl | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Stéphane Landry | VFX Supervisor |
| Production | Tatsumi Yoda | Executive Producer |
| Production | Yasushi Shiina | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Angelo Ragusa | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Susie Figgis | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Franco Galiano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Fumio Ogawa | Production Designer |
| Production | Toshiie Tomida | Casting |
| Sound | Claude Beaugrand | Sound |
| Production | Béatrice Kruger | Casting |
| Sound | Hans Peter Strobl | Sound |
| Production | John Buchan | Casting |
| Crew | Hiroshi Kuze | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Jérôme Décarie | Foley |
| Sound | Daniel Bisson | Foley Recording Engineer |
| Visual Effects | Shûichi Kishiura | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Akira Ishii | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Nicolas Gagnon | Foley |
| Sound | Ryuichi Sakamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Domenico Procacci | Producer |
| Production | Niv Fichman | Producer |
| Production | Sonoko Sakai | Producer |
| Editing | Pia Di Ciaula | Editor |
| Writing | Alessandro Baricco | Novel |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariko Tanaka | Makeup Artist |
| Art | François Séguin | Production Design |
