Silk

Genre: Drama

Worldwide gross$20.0M

The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.

🏆 7 wins & 5 nominations

Genres

Drama, Romance

Director

François Girard

Cast

Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Kôji Yakusho

Released

21 September 2007

Runtime

1h 47m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

5.8 / 10

Votes

11,886

Metascore

39

Rotten Tomatoes

7

Box office

1103075

Budget

$20,000,000

Edition

Base