Runtime: 108

Director: Francois Girard

Cast:

Sei Ashina, Michael Pitt, Tony Vogel, Toni Bertorelli, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Welsh, Martha Burns, Alfred Molina, Michael Golding

Based on the Alessandro Baricco‘s novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour (Michael Pitt), in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman (Sei Ashina) , the concubine of a local baron, with whom he becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve‘s wife Helene (Keira Knightley) begins to suspect.