Silk

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Silk (Seta)

Silk (Seta)

Silk (Seta)

original title:

Seta

directed by:

cast:

Michael Pitt, Kôji Yakusho, Toni Bertorelli, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina, Miki Nakatani, Jun Kunimura, Carlo Cecchi, Marc Fiorini, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Welsh, Martha Burns, Chiara Stampone, Alexander Brooks

cinematography:

production:

Fandango, Rhombus Media (Toronto), Bee Vine Pictures, in association with: Vice Versa Film, Productions Soie (Paris)

distribution:

country:

Italy/Japan/Canada

year:

2007

film run:

112'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

26/10/2007

festivals & awards:

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.