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Release Date:
21 September 2007 (Canada)
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Love knows no borders more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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6 wins
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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)
tMF Featured Poll: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley take top 3 spots!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 October 2009, 9:08 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 6:25 PM, PST)
tMF Featured Poll: Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley take top 3 spots!
(From The Movie Fanatic. 26 October 2009, 9:08 PM, PDT)
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A meditation for the ears and the eyes.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Sei Ashina | ... | The Girl |
 | Michael Pitt | ... | Hervé Joncour |
 | Tony Vogel | ... | Café Verdun Man #1 |
| Toni Bertorelli | ... | Verdun |
 | Keira Knightley | ... | Hélène Joncour |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Mayor Joncour |
| Martha Burns | ... | Mme. Joncour |
 | Alfred Molina | ... | Baldabiou |
| Michael Golding | ... | Clerk |
| Carlo Cecchi | ... | Priest |
| Chiara Stampone | ... | Béatrice Berbek |
 | Marc Fiorini | ... | M. Chabert |
 | Leslie Csuth | ... | M. Loiseau |
| Toru Tezuka | ... | Japanese Guide |
| Hiroya Morita | ... | Japanese Elder #1 |
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Rated R for sexuality and nudity.
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107 min | Canada:112 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Hervé Joncour: Steaming water. Strange trees. Laughing children. Her skin... those eyes. But why should I tell you about it? Why now? Maybe I just need to tell someone about it. And that someone is you.
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Hervé Joncour: Steaming water. Strange trees. Laughing children. Her skin... those eyes. But why should I tell you about it? Why now? Maybe I just need to tell someone about it. And that someone is you.
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This movie will not please everyone, in fact certain people will probably hate it.
I loved it.
I loved the quiet melodic atmosphere it created.
I loved the narrative voice, which I normally hate.
I loved the many visual wonders, every room it seemed was made to be something more than a mere setting, it was art.
It drew me in, in made me want to visually experience every scene, it itself was a character in the story.
I loved the music, it was gentle and reflective. It also was a character in the story.
The acting was good, solid, and appropriate for the type of story.
The story it self was closed, revealing only what it needed to, provoking emotional reactions where it needed to.
This was not merely a story, not merely a tale to be told, rather it was a meditation for the ears, and for they eyes, wrapped in a story as old as life itself, of love, obsession, and wanting to have what we cannot, and forgetting about what we already have.
I believe this is a film to be watched, but understand it will not be liked by all, for me I am already counting the moments until I watch it again.
Such is the nature of some obsessions...