Synopsis

Release Date: 09/14/2007
Rating: R
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Drama
Director: François Girard
Cast: Michael Pitt , Keira Knightley , Koji Yakusho , Alfred Molina

Francois Girard's adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's novel Silk stars Michael Pitt as a young Frenchman who travels to Japan at the request of a wealthy silkworm magnate who asks him to smuggle back some new worms. The mission succeeds, and this allows the man to live in great comfort with his wife (Keira Knightley). After a few years, they are unable to conceive a child, a situation that leads to the man taking on a lover during his subsequent visits to Japan.

What Critics Say

Meandering and overwrought, the only thing that's efficient about Francois Girard's adaptation of Alessandro Baricco's romantic period novel Silk is its title.

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