December 29, 2010 - #100/100
Silk (2007)
In 1862, the son of the mayor of a French village, Herve Joncour (Michael Pitt), is invited by the silk entrepreneur Baldabiou (Alfred Molina) to travel to Africa to bring healthy silkworm eggs for his factory. Herve first marries his beloved bride Helene Joncour (Keira Knightley), and then he travels in the long journey. He succeeds, makes a substantial fortune, and is invited to travel again to trade silkworm eggs in a longer journey to Japan. He is received by the local baron in a secret spot and falls in love for his Chinese concubine. Herve returns to Helene, but remains obsessed with the concubine. One annoyance about this movie is that, when he travels to Japan, the people speak Japanese, but the movie fails to supply the viewer with subtitles. Therefore, I had no idea what they were saying. Another annoyance is the fact that the pace of the movie is extremely slow. It takes a long time for things to occur, which causes the viewer to lose interest. So, I didn't think that this movie was that great.
I gave this movie 3/10 stars on imdb.com.
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