Silk (Film) (Seta)

click on the images to download them in high res

original title:

Seta

directed by:

cast:

Michael Pitt, Kôji Yakusho, Toni Bertorelli, Alfred Molina, Sei Ashina, Miki Nakatani, Jun Kunimura, Carlo Cecchi, Marc Fiorini, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Welsh, Martha Burns, Chiara Stampone, Alexander Brooks

screenplay:

François Girard, Michael Golding

cinematography:

Alain Dostie

editing:

Pia Di Ciaula

set design:

Francois Seguin, Fumio Ogawa, Emita Frigato

costume design:

Carlo Poggioli, Kazuko Kurosawa

music:

Ryuichi Sakamoto

producer:

Domenico Procacci, Niv Fichman, Sonoko Sakai, Nadine Luque

production:

Fandango, Rhombus Media (Toronto), Bee Vine Pictures, in association with: Vice Versa Film, Productions Soie (Paris)

distribution:

Medusa Film [Italy]

country:

Italy/Japan/Canada

year:

2007

film run:

112'

format:

35mm - colour

release date:

26/10/2007

festivals & awards:

Rome Film Fest 2007: Premiere
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival 2007: Special Presentations
Tokyo International Film Festival 2007: Special Screenings - Closing

A dark love story about a French silkworm merchant who travels to Japan and begins having an affair with a Nobleman's concubine, leaving his faithful wife alone in war-torn France.
From the novel by Alessandro Baricco, with the same name.

Silk (Film) (Seta)

by François Girard