Silk [2007] | ![Silk [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41hPfhthQvL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Francois Gerard
Actors: Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Koji Yakusho, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina
Studio: Entertainment in Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 8696
Format: Pal
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5017239195549
ASIN: B0010VXMVC
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: March 17, 2008
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 boring and superficial scenario November 10, 2008
Aleksander Pieri (Croatia)
in 19th century in japanese society then is praticaly impossible that a japanese woman can take a man'scoup of tea and drink from it as it shown in the movie. at that time traveling to japan from France was very hard and dangerous, in this movie it is shown as he goes for a weekend journey, no reference of how long he was traveling, how his wife feels while he was so far and for so long.... and there are many others "holes" in the screenplay. the unnecessary scene of how they build the garden etc... such badly and quickly done. the plot is interesting but all is a mess, could be much much better done than this.
 A Story of Obsession July 10, 2008
Farah Yousif (Kuwait)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I read the novel `Silk' by Alessandro Baricco and loved it. Therefore, I was rather wary of seeing the adaptation. But when I saw the film, I was not disappointed; the visual imagery is beautiful and the Japanese symbolism was well-related.
The location of the story is France in 1862. Herve (Michael Pitt) is convinced by Baldabiou (Alfred Molina) to travel in search of silkworm eggs in order to save the silk-making business. Herve travels to Africa and Japan. During his trip to Japan, he falls in love with a Japanese concubine. When he returns home to France, he cannot forget the Japanese beauty and continues to obsessively long for her.
The untranslated Japanese conversations allows the audience to relate to the main character, as he too does not understand the language. Keira Knightly made a wonderful `Helene' but I wasn't convinced by Michael Pitt as the main character `Herve Joncour'; the obsessive inner turmoil wasn't portrayed well on screen. Overall, however, I think the film is well-worth seeing.
 Beautiful, but boring July 8, 2008
Bluebell (UK)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The cinematography is superb with wonderful shots of dramatic scenery. However, the story has so little action and evolves so slowly the film becomes tedious to watch. I haven't read the book upon which the film is based, but I guess it contains a lot of introspection by a narrator and descriptions of feelings which are difficult to portray on screen, and certainly are not by lead actor's (Michael Pitt) performance, which is wooden and unconvincing as an intrepid traveller. Much of the story is conveyed by a voice-over narrated by Pitt in a mumbling, monotonous voice with little variation in tone that adds to the feeling of boredom.
Disappointing.
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