2007 · drama · romance
Silk
Directed by François Girard1h 47m2007
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.
Our read: Silk (2007) reads as a neutral, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, slow-burn, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- slow-burn
- gentle
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