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Silk
Directed by	Francois Girard
Starring	Michael Pitt Keira Knightley Alfred Molina Miki Nakatani Koji Yakusho Callum Keith Rennie
Distributed by	New Line
Release date(s)	September 14 (US) 2007
Language	English
Budget	$20 million (estimated)

Silk is the film adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's novel of the same name. It will be released in 2007 through New Line Cinema, directed by the Red Violin director, Francois Girard. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File links Crystal_Clear_app_aktion. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... François Girard (1963 - ) is a Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. ... Michael Pitt loves norwegian girls. ... Keira Christina Knightley (pronounced ;[1] born 26 March 1985) is an Academy Award-nominated English[2] film and television actress. ... Alfred Molina (born May 24, 1953) is an English actor of both the stage and screen. ... Nakatani Miki (中谷美紀; b. ... Koji Yakusho (役所 広司 Yakusho Kōji) is a Japanese actor. ... Callum Keith Rennie Callum Keith Rennie (born September 14, 1960 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England) is a Scottish-Canadian television and film actor. ... In computing, a newline is a special character or sequence of characters indicating the end of a line. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Alessandro Baricco (b. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Red Violin (French: Le Violon rouge, German: Die Rote Geige, Italian: Il Violino Rosso, Mandarin: 红提琴) is a Canadian film released on November 13, 1998 (in the USA on June 11, 1999). ... François Girard (1963 - ) is a Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. ...

The American actor Michael Pitt will star in the lead role of the French silkworm smuggler Hervé Joncour and the British actress Keira Knightley will appear as the Hélène, wife of Hervé. Japanese actors Miki Nakatani and Koji Yakusho have also been cast. Exterior Japanese scenes were filmed in the city of Sakata. Keira's scenes were filmed in Italy, exactly in Sermoneta, a small medieval village near Latina. Michael Pitt loves norwegian girls. ... Keira Christina Knightley (pronounced ;[1] born 26 March 1985) is an Academy Award-nominated English[2] film and television actress. ... Nakatani Miki (中谷美紀; b. ... Koji Yakusho (役所 広司 Yakusho Kōji) is a Japanese actor. ... Sakata (酒田市; -shi) is a city located in Yamagata, Japan. ... Sermoneta is a small city and commune in the province of Latina (Lazio), Italy. ... Latina is the capital of the province of Latina in the region Latium in Italy. ...

Cast

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Story

Sei Ashina as Hara Jubei's mistress

The novel is the story of a married silkworm smuggler named Hervé, 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 unnamed concubine of a local baron, Hara Jubei. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Binomial name Bombyx mori Linnaeus, 1758 For other senses of this word, see silkworm (disambiguation). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hervé's love remains secret, and he travels to Japan, ostensibly for silkworms, for many years, while no one seems to suspect that Hervé is meeting the concubine, when away from home; at the same time, he seems happy with his wife, Hélène, whom Hervé takes on a series of fancy holidays, each year.

When war breaks out in Japan, Hervé must leave for France, warned never to return to Japan. At home, after hearing nothing from the mysterious concubine, he at last receives a letter from her, written in Japanese. Hervé takes the letter to a French-Japanese brothel owner, Mme Blanche (known for giving the small blue flowers that she wears to her clients), who translates to letter into French. A brothel, also known as a bordello or whorehouse, is an establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution, providing the prostitutes a place to meet and to have sex with the clients. ...

The story ends when Hélène dies and Hervé finds a tribute of small, blue flowers on her grave. He realizes that the letter was not from the Japanese concubine, but from his wife all along. Hélène had Mme Blanche translate the letter for her, knowing that her husband was in love with a Japanese woman, and wanting him to be happy. Mme Blanche tells Hervé that, more than anything, his wife loved him, and Hervé is left wondering if, whilst she lived, he ever truly appreciated her.

External Links

• The official Silk website
• Silk at the IMDb
• KeiraWeb Project development and news

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