“Wandering” on Cine|blog I have found something special and unexpecteed: the cinematographic transposition of Silk.
Silk is a novel by Italian writer [Alessandro Baricco](en:Alessandro Baricco). It was translated into English in 1997 by Guido Waldman. A new English translation by Ann Goldstein was published in 2006.
Lelly has lent it to me two months ago: I have read it in few ours!!! A beautiful history of love and passion, written without written words: everything is a gesture, an intuition, a reference to something thinkable but not expressible.
From Wikipedia:
Silk is the film adaptation of Italian author [Alessandro Baricco](en:Alessandro Baricco)’s novel of the same name. It will be released in 2007 through New Line Cinema, directed by the [Red Violin](en:Red Violin) director, [Francois Girard](en:Francois Girard).
The [American](en:United States) actor [Michael Pitt](en:Michael Pitt) will star in the lead role of the French silkworm smuggler Hervé Joncour and the British actress [Keira Knightley](en:Keira Knightley) will appear as the Hélène, wife of Hervé. Japanese actors [Miki Nakatani](en:Miki Nakatani) and [Koji Yakusho](en:Koji Yakusho) have also been cast. Exterior Japanese scenes will be filmed in the city of Sakata from the end of March. Keira’s scenes will be filmed in Italy in April, exactly in Sermoneta, a small medieval village near Latina.
The film will be screened at the [Cannes Film Festival](en:Cannes Film Festival) in 2007.
Cast:
- Michael Pitt as Hervé Joncour
- Keira Knightley as Hélène Joncour
- Alfred Molina as Baldabiou
- Miki Nakatani as Madame Blanche
- Koji Yakusho as Hara Jubei
- Sei Ashina as The Mistress
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Jun Kunimura
- Kanata Hongo
Source, Cine|blog.