Silk

2007 film by François Girard

Movie Film Q676723

Facts

32 properties

Instance of: film
Director: François Girard^[2]
Genre: drama film^[6]
Publication date: September 11, 2007
Screenwriter: François Girard, Michael Golding^[3]^[4]
Based on: Silk^[7]
Producer: Niv Fichman^[25]
Duration: +110
After a work by: Alessandro Baricco
Cast member: Michael Pitt, Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Kōji Yakusho, Mark Rendall, Miki Nakatani, Callum Keith Rennie, Carlo Cecchi, Domenico Procacci, Jun Kunimura, Ken Walsh, Martha Burns, Naoko Watanabe, Sei Ashina, Kenneth Welsh, Francesco Carnelutti, Nana Nagao^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]
ClassInd rating: 14
Color: color
Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto^[5]
Costume designer: Kazuko Kurosawa
Country of origin: Canada, Italy, Japan, France, United Kingdom
Director of photography: Alain Dostie
Distributed by: Medusa Film, Netflix
Distribution format: video on demand
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Film editor: Pia Di Ciaula
Filming location: Japan
Filmiroda rating: Category II
Has characteristic: film based on a novel
Kijkwijzer rating: 12

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Narrative location: Japan
Original language of film or TV show: English
Production company: Rhombus Media, Fandango, Bee Vine Pictures
RARS rating: 16+
Review score: 7%, 3.8/10, 39/100
Set in period: 19th century
Sound designer: Claude Beaugrand
Title: Silk

🏷️ Also known as

en Silk ar الحرير cs Hedvábná cesta de Seide fa ابریشم fr Soie hu Selyem id Silk (film 2007) it Seta ja シルク ko 실크 pl Jedwab ru Шёлк tr İpek (film, 2007) zh 異旅情絲 zh 绢恋 zh-hant 絹戀

🔖 Identifiers · 64

AllMovie title ID: v342223
Allcinema film ID: 328557
AlloCiné film ID: 109535
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B00113HCZ6
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.5y5gqbf9j1x9o5klhdz9bva11
BFI National Archive work ID: 150706580
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): silk
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 709697
Cinema.de ID: 1648392
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 78247
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 28932
DNF film ID: 109179

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Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 15225
Douban film ID: 1578500
EDb film ID: t0012618
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/998B-FA29-C3E7-C560-ADD9-N
Eiga.com movie ID: 53124
ElFilm film ID: 487781
Elonet movie ID: 1443726
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV12eca966e06dcbbd66d8a1124e0fd930
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/seide
FilmAffinity film ID: 523220
FilmVandaag ID: film/8147
Filmfront film ID (archived): 38740
Filmová databáze film ID: 52195
Filmweb.no film ID: 90771
Filmweb.pl film ID: 285542
Freebase ID: /m/09s8t4
IMDb ID: tt0494834
ITunes movie ID: 284222186
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film1/seta
KINENOTE film ID: 38710
Kinobox film ID: 243212
Kinopoisk film ID: 251709
LUMIERE film ID: 28542
LdiF ID: 531584
Letterboxd film ID: silk
Metacritic ID: movie/silk
Minkultury film ID: 110212318
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv36845
MovieLens movie ID: 55498
MovieMeter film ID: 37657
Movies Anywhere ID: silk
NRK TV ID: program/KOIF42001106
Netflix ID: 70075472
NientePopCorn movie ID: seta
OFDb film ID: 119277
OMDb film ID: 79776
PORT film ID: 97568
Plex media key: 5d776d00ad5437001f7ca695
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/1174809-silk
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 40009
Scope.dk film ID: 5891
Sratim ID: tt118960
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 641729
TMDB movie ID: 14753
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 290037
TV.com ID (archived): movies/silk
The Numbers movie ID: Silk
TheTVDB movie ID: 8471
Trakt.tv ID: movies/silk-2007
Trakt.tv film ID: 8921
U-NEXT video ID: SID0025615
ČSFD film ID: 224936

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 16

Keira Knightley, Alfred Molina, Michael Pitt, Callum Keith Rennie, Kōji Yakusho, Kenneth Welsh, Sei Ashina, Ken Walsh +8 more

Country of origin 5

France, Japan, Italy, Canada, United Kingdom

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Medusa Film

Based on 1

Silk

Composer 1

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Costume designer 1

Kazuko Kurosawa

Director 1

François Girard

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Filming location 1

Japan

Genre 1

drama film

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Japan

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Producer 1

Niv Fichman

Screenwriter 1

François Girard

← Derivative work 1

Silk

← Different from 1

silk

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Summary

Silk is a film^[1].

Body

Publication

Silk was released on September 11, 2007^[26]. The original language of Silk was English^[27]. Silk was distributed by video on demand^[28].

Reception

Reviews include 7%^[29], 3.8/10^[30], and 39/100^[31].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Silk's after a work by is recorded as Alessandro Baricco^[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Silk — director (P57): François Girard. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Silk — screenwriter (P58): François Girard. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Silk — screenwriter (P58): Michael Golding. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Silk — composer (P86): Ryuichi Sakamoto. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Silk — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Silk — based on (P144): Silk. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Michael Pitt. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Keira Knightley. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Alfred Molina. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Kōji Yakusho. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Mark Rendall. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Miki Nakatani. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Callum Keith Rennie. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Carlo Cecchi. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Domenico Procacci. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Jun Kunimura. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Ken Walsh. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Martha Burns. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Naoko Watanabe. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Sei Ashina. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Kenneth Welsh. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Francesco Carnelutti. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Silk — cast member (P161): Nana Nagao. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Silk — producer (P162): Niv Fichman. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Silk — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Silk — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Silk — review score (P444): 7%. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Silk — review score (P444): 3.8/10. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Silk — review score (P444): 39/100. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Silk — publication date (P577): September 11, 2007. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Silk — after a work by (P1877): Alessandro Baricco. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Silk is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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10w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗

After a work by → Alessandro Baricco

"Created claim: After a work by: Alessandro Baricco, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788062380436"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 52195

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 52195, batch #269265"
11w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Set in period → 19th century

"Created claim: Set in period: 19th century, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1787374355185"
15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Eiga.com movie ID → 53124

"Created claim: Eiga.com movie ID: 53124, Matched to シルク（2007） (#258716738) in Eiga.com movie #mix'n'"
18w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗

U-NEXT video ID → SID0025615

"Created claim: U-NEXT video ID: SID0025615, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783175743995"
20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Publication date → September 11, 2007

Screenwriter → François Girard, Michael Golding

Duration → 110

Original language of film or TV show → English

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