François Girard
2007,
109 minutes
Hervé Joncour, un marchand de soie de la France du 19e siècle, se rend au Japon en quête d'oeufs de vers à soie. Son voyage au bout du monde le conduira auprès d'un amour secret et interdit l'unissant à une mystérieuse femme.
Based on the Alessandro Baricco's novel, this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Hervé Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful woman, 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 begins to suspect. (site IMDB)
Couleur
Canada
Anglais, jpn, lat
109 minutes
Long métrage
2006
Matsumoto, Japon, 2\/20\/2006, 3\/19\/2006, Sermoneta, Italie, 4\/3\/2006
Support: 35 mm
Toronto, Toronto International Film Festival, 01/09/2007
