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Silk (I) (2007)
5.8
Ratings: 5.8/10 from 5,695 users
Metascore:
39/100
Reviews: 53 user | 65 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com
The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron. Director:François Girard |
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Tony Vogel | ... |
Café Verdun Man #1
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Toni Bertorelli | ... | |
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| Martha Burns | ... | ||
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Michael Golding | ... |
Clerk
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Carlo Cecchi | ... |
Priest
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Chiara Stampone | ... | |
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| Alexander Brooks | ... |
M. Loiseau
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Toru Tezuka | ... |
Japanese Guide
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Hiroya Morita | ... |
Japanese Elder #1
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Storyline
A married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect. Written by Anonymous
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Seta See more »Box Office
Budget:
$20,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$126,537 (USA) (16 September 2007) (122 Screens)Gross:
$7,551,009 (Worldwide) (8 June 2008)Company Credits
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Hervé Joncour: Steaming water. Strange trees. Laughing children. Her skin... those eyes. But why should I tell you about it? Why now? Maybe I just need to tell someone about it. And that someone is you.
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Factual errors: When Hervé Joncour is bargaining with the Japanese man, the Japanese man holds up five fingers and says "Go", which when translated to English means five. However, Joncour responds to the man by saying "Four". See more »Quotes
[first lines]Hervé Joncour: Steaming water. Strange trees. Laughing children. Her skin... those eyes. But why should I tell you about it? Why now? Maybe I just need to tell someone about it. And that someone is you.
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