Silk (2007)
Come Back, or I Shall Die...
107 min
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.
- Release date
- September 11, 2007
- Country of origin
- Canada, Japan, Italy, France, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $20,000,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Keira Knightley as Hélène Joncour
- Michael Pitt as Hervé Joncour
- Alfred Molina as Baldabiou
- Kōji Yakusho as Hara Jubei
- Sei Ashina as The Girl
- Miki Nakatani as Madame Blanche
- Kenneth Welsh as Mayor Joncour
- Callum Keith Rennie as Schuyler
- Mark Rendall as Ludovic Berbek
- Martha Burns as Mme. Joncour
- Naoko Watanabe as Japanese Girl
- Tony Vogel as Café Verdun Man #1
- Hiroya Morita as Japanese Elder #1
- Hiroshi Ōguchi as Japanese Elder #2
- Tōru Tezuka as Japanese Guide
- Akinori Andô as Ronin
- Jun Kunimura as Umon
- Kanata Hongô as Japanese Boy
- Yûya Takagawa as Japanese Trader #1
- Tarō Suwa as Japanese Trader #2
- Toni Bertorelli as Verdun
- Carlo Cecchi as Priest
- Marc Fiorini as M. Chabert
- Alexander Brooks as M. Loiseau
- Michael Golding as Clerk
Crew
- François Girard · Director
- Alessandro Baricco · Writer
- François Girard · Writer
- Michael Golding · Writer
- Niv Fichman · Producer
- Nadine Luque · Producer
- Domenico Procacci · Producer
- Sonoko Sakai · Producer
- Ryūichi Sakamoto · Composer
- Alain Dostie · Cinematographer
- Pia Di Ciaula · Editor
- Susie Figgis · Casting director
- François Séguin · Production designer