Silk (2007 film)

Silk
A French poster for the film
Directed byFrancois Girard
Written by
Starring
CinematographyAlain Dostie
Edited byPia Di Ciaula
Music byRyûichi Sakamoto
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11) (Toronto)
  • September 14, 2007 (2007-09-14) (Canada)
Running time
107 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • Italy
  • Japan
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22 million[1]
Box office$8 million[2]

Silk is a 2007 drama film directed by François Girard. An international co-production of Canada, Italy, and Japan, Silk is an adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's 1996 novel of the same name. It had its world premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2007.[3]

American actor Michael Pitt stars in the lead role of the French silkworm smuggler Hervé Joncour, with English actress Keira Knightley as his wife, Hélène, a teacher and keen gardener.[4] Japanese actors Miki Nakatani and Kōji Yakusho are also featured. Exterior Japanese scenes were filmed in the city of Sakata. Knightley's scenes were filmed in Sermoneta, Italy, a small medieval village near Latina. Hélène's garden was filmed at Villa Lina, near Ronciglione.

  1. ^ Frater, Patrick (September 10, 2006). "'Silk' spun from many strands". Variety. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Silk (2007)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  3. ^ Gray, Jason (September 4, 2007). "Silk to close curtains at Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival". ScreenDaily. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ebert2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).