Silk (2007) 5/10

Starring : Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Sei Ashina, Alfred Molina, Mark Rendall
Director : Francois Girard
Running Time : 105 mins

Herve Joncour (Pitt) deals in silk, and buys silkworms as part of his business. He's happily married to his wife Helene (Knightley), but in one of his many business trips to Japan he becomes obsessed with a concubine belonging to one of his business traders, but when his wife becomes deathly ill he starts to feel guilty about any harm he may have done to their relationship by his terrible actions.

This was utterly boring and almost completely devoid of purpose. There was no story to speak of, and the apparent hero, played by Michael Pitt, had no personality and barely any facial expression. There were plenty of nude scenes, which seemed really unnecessary, and even Keira Knightly got her tits out for the first time I think since The Hole, but quite who she upset to get lumbered with this particular role is beyond me.

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