Floating Vessel
1957
“Sometimes silence is the deadliest sound.”
Silence (2016)
December 23, 20162h 41mEN
7.1
3.3K votes
Overview
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
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Martin ScorseseWriters
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Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
$46.0M
Revenue
$23.8M
Production Companies
Waypoint EntertainmentCappa Defina ProductionsCatchPlayFábrica de CineSharpSword FilmsSikelia Productions
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Wuchak
4.0**_Great filmmaking, cast and locations, but strangely inert (overlong) story_** Released in late 2016 and directed by Martin Scorsese based on the novel by Shûsaku Endô, "Silence" chronicles events in 1640 when two Jesuit priests (Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver) journey to Japan to check on the persecuted church and find out what happened to their mentor, whom it is rumored fell from the faith (Liam Neeson). Issei Ogata is on hand as the sadistic, but seemingly reasonable Japanese inquisitor. The Jesuits were a society of Catholic missionaries started in 1540 in response to the spreading…
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