SILK
synopsis
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.
| original title: | Silk |
| country: | Italy, Canada, Japan |
| year: | 2007 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | François Girard II |
| release date: | IT 26/10/2007, FR 05/08/2009 |
| screenplay: | François Girard II, Michael Golding |
| cast: | Toni Bertorelli, Carlo Cecchi, Keira Knightley, Michael Pitt, Kôji Yakusho |
| cinematography by: | Alain Dostie |
| film editing: | Pia Di Ciaula |
| art director: | Emita Frigato, Fumio Ogawa |
| costumes designer: | Kazuko Kurosawa |
| producer: | Domenico Procacci, Niv Fichman, Nadine Luque, Sonoko Sakai |
| production: | Fandango, Medusa Film, Vice Versa Film (IT), Rhombus Media (CA), Bee Vine Pictures (JP) |
| distributor: | Medusa Film, Metropolitan FilmExport (FR) |
