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"Herve Joncour, a Frenchman who lives in a small town that has hit hard times. A local silkworm magnate (Alfred Molina) stumbles upon a solution for his town s troubles, and enlists Herve to travel to a hidden corner of Japan in order to smuggle back a boundless supply of rare silkworms. Travelling in disguise so that he won t be exposed, Herve succeeds in his mission. Upon returning home, he reunites with his beautiful, supportive wife, Helene (Keira Knightley). While Herve and Helene have a loving relationship, their inability to produce a child creates an undercurrent of distance between them. This is compounded when Herve meets a beautiful concubine (Sei Ashina) during one of his subsequent journeys, sparking a passionate encounter that will haunt him for the rest of his life."
"Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, Silk is a visually stunning epic spanning two continents. Hervé Joncour's (Michael Pitt) devotion to his beautiful bride (Keira Knightley) is tested when he must make several dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his towns survival. From his journeys to Japan, Hervé brings great wealth for his village, but with each trip he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlord's sensuous concubine and his love for Hèléne."
"A married silkworm merchant becomes obssessed with the concubine of a local warlord after travelling to Japan."@en
"Herve Joncour's devotion to his beautiful bride is tested when he must make several dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his town's survival. From his journeys to Japan, Herve brings great wealth for his village, but with each trip he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlord's sensuous concubine and his love for Helene."
""A team of scientists led by Hashimoto has managed to capture the energy of a ghost child, thanks to their newly invented device called Menger Sponged."--Container."
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"A married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese 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."@en
"Herve Joncour's devotion to his beautiful bride is tested by dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his town's survival. In the Far East he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlord's sensuous concubine and his love for Helene."@en
"Herve Joncour's devotion to his beautiful bride is tested by dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his town's survival. In the Far East he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlord's sensuous concubine and his love for Helene."
"A man's devotion to his beautiful bride is tested when he must make several dangerous trade missions to Japan in search of silkworms for his town's survival."
"Cuando la epidemia de la enfermedad de Pébrine, la enfermedad del gusano de seda que atacó a los huevos en los criaderos europeos a mediados de 1860, se extendió a ultramar, incluso los huevos de países tan lejanos como África y la India se vieron infectados y todo el comercio europeo de seda parecía condenado a desaparecer. Para continuar con su lucrativo comercio, el pícaro comerciante francés Baldabiou decide enviar al joven oficial militar Herve Joncour a una peligrosa misión en Japón, separándolo durante meses de Helene, su encantadora y devota esposa y maestra de escuela. La isla que producía la más fina seda del mundo miles de años antes de la apertura del canal de Suez, Japón, prohibe el acceso a los extranjeros."
"Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately 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 something is going on with her husband."
"Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately 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 something is going on with her husband."@en

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