DVD
Silk
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (EAS)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Performers
Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Kôji Yakusho, Miki Nakatani, Alfred Molina.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment, [2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and nudity.
Summary
Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment is destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect something is going on with her husband.
Notes
Based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco.