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Silk

Item number (ISN):

387256

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2007

Item number (ISN):

387256

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

RHOMBUS MEDIA INC.

Accession:

2008-0020

Media:

Film

Part:

7 of 7

Production date:

2007

Production company:

Rhombus Media Inc.
Bee Vine Pictures Inc.
Fandango Films

Production credit:

director/script, François Girard; producer, Niv Fichman; Nadine Luque; Domenico Procacci; Sonoko Sakai; Jacques Methé; Gianluca Leurini; Masaru Koibuchi; Rami Rabei; executive producer, Tom Yoda; Yasushi Shiina; Akira Ishii; Camela Galano; Jonathan Debin; Patrice Theroux; Alessandro Baricco; script, Michael Golding; photography, Alain Dostie; editing, Pia Di Ciaula; sound, Claude La Haye; Claude Beaugrand; Olivier Calvert; Hans Peter Strobl; Bernard Gariépy Strobl; sound editing, Francine Poirier; music, Steve Danenberg; animation, Muriel Tiberghien

Cast credit:

Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Koji Yakusho, Miki Nakatani, Mark Rendall, Sei Ashina, Kenneth Welsh, Jun Kunimura, Toni Bertorelli, Callum Keith Rennie, Carlo Cecchi

Country of production:

cn

Distributor name:

Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution LP

Current distributor:

New Line International

Description:

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Based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco, SILK is a dark, intense and slow-unfolding love story set in the 19th century France. It features a young silkworm merchant by the name of Herve Joncour, who takes a commission to buy silkworm eggs from Japan so his father's good friend, a local entrepreneur by the name of Baldabiou, can stay in business. As a result of this magnificent and rather perilous journey, Herve gets rich and marries his one true love, Helene. Their marriage seems picture perfect as Herve buys a new house and a nice piece of land where the two "will grow old together". But, something is bothering the young, dejected French merchant. During his stay in the mysterious and exotic Orient, he spotted a beautiful nobleman's concubine who became his obsession - even once he has returned to his homeland. The lovely Japanese woman has such a forceful grip on Herve's thoughts that he jumps right away at the first opportunity to return to Japan and see her again. Their unrequited love slowly threatens to unhinge the domestic bliss Herve leaves behind in Europe as Helene begins to suspect. The film is presented as a flashback and is narrated by the soft-spoken and, often, melancholic-sounding Herve. <1h 48mn 57s>

Language:

English / Japanese

Notes:

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1. SILK is a Canada-Italy-Japan co-production - a Rhombus Media Inc./Fandango/Bee Vine Pictures production - in association with Productions SOIE and Vice Versa Films.~2. Presentation by Alliance Atlantis in association with Picturehouse, Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc., and Medusa Film.~3. Produced with the participation of IFF / CINV; Telefilm Canada; T.Y. Limited, Inc.; The Works Media Group.~4. Produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada; The Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry (CTF: Licence Fee Program); Agency for Cultural Affairs.~5. Developed with the assistance of and produced with the participation of Astral Media: The Harold Greenberg Fund.~6. Produced in association with Astral Media: The Movie Network (TMN); Movie Central - a Corus Entertainment Company.~7. Produced with the participation of SODEC - Société de developpement des entreprises culturelles - Québec; Government of Canada - The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; Kadokawa Trust of Fund for Publishing and Film Business Promotion.~8. Developed in association with Surefire Films.~9. Canadian distribution: Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution LP.~10. International distribution: New Line International.

Genre:

DRAMA
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Conditions of access:

Open

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: New Line Cinema Picturehouse Holdings Inc., 2007.~Copyright owner: Rhombus Media Inc., 2007.~Copyright owner: Fandango Films, 2007.~Copyright owner: Bee Vine Pictures, 2007.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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