Movie
Silk
58%
Audience score227 votes on TMDB
“Come Back, or I Shall Die...”
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
- Director
- François Girard
- Screenplay
- François Girard
- Screenplay
- Michael Golding
- Music
- 坂本龍一
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 14/09/2007
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- US$ 20 M
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