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Silk is a 2007 drama film directed by François Girard. An international co-production of Canada, Italy, and Japan, Silk is an adaptation of Italian author Alessandro Baricco's 1996 novel of the same name. It had its world premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2007.
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Based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco Basada en la novela de Alessandro Baricco Normally I don't mind watching the film adaptation of a novel because I can separate one thing from the other and the stories - although they lose some things in the process - gain scenes and moments that didn't exist in the original book, but sometimes, as with Milan Kundera's _The unbearable lightness of being_, we miss what the nov…More
The film's set in the 1800s and is derived from an Italian novel by Alessandro Baricco. I don't know much about him, but I know a movie derived from a book almost always seems long, drawn-out, and slightly repetitive. 'Silk' is no different. It borders on arthouse, and with dialogue few and far between, the viewer has plenty of pre-war industrial France to gaze at. From Helene's garden to the stony rickety footsteps…More