22nd May 2013
Versione italiana
SILK
original title:
SETA
directed by:
François Girard
cast:
Keira Knightley
,
Michael Pitt
,
Kôji Yakusho
,
Toni Bertorelli
,
Alfred Molina
,
Sei Ashina
,
Miki Nakatani
,
Jun Kunimura
screenplay:
François Girard
,
Michael Golding
cinematography:
Alain Dostie
editing:
Pia Di Ciaula
set design:
Francois Seguin
,
Fumio Ogawa
,
Emita Frigato
costume design:
Carlo Poggioli
,
Kazuko Kurosawa
music:
Ryuichi Sakamoto
producer:
Domenico Procacci
,
Niv Fichman
,
Sonoko Sakai
,
Nadine Luque
production:
Fandango
, Rhombus Media (Toronto), Bee Vine Pictures, in association with: Vice Versa Film, Productions Soie (Paris)
distributor:
MEDUSA FILM
country:
Italy/Japan/Canada
year:
2007
film run:
112'
format:
35mm - colour
release date:
26/10/2007
festival & awards:
ROME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2007: Premiere
TIFF - TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2007: Special Presentations
TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
2007: Special Screenings - Closing
A dark love story about a French silkworm merchant who travels to Japan and begins having an affair with a Nobleman's concubine, leaving his faithful wife alone in war-torn France.
From the novel by Alessandro Baricco, with the same name.
