Silk Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

It is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful European woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he 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.

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  Keira Knightley

  The Jacket, The Woman in Cabin 10

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  Michael Pitt

  Reptile, I Origins

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  Koji Yakusho

  Perfect Days, Memoirs of a Geisha

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  Alfred Molina

  Frozen 2, Rango

Who is making Silk – Crew List

A look at Silk behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Francois Girard last helmed The Song of Names.

Director

Francois Girard

Screenwriter

Francois Girard

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