Silk
2007 · 107 MIN · IMDB 5.8 · 11,883 VOTES · DIR. François Girard
Overview
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,046 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:38 [birds calling]
00:05:08 [door slams into wall]
00:07:17 I'm offering you a life.
00:10:04 I had to keep those tiny eggs away from heat
00:12:36 is a place where no disease can enter.
00:16:03 Then I followed the Amur River along the Chinese border...
00:21:05 [coins clank]
00:27:11 [chuckles]
00:30:39 [patrons talking and laughing]
00:33:42 and the fox caught the cheese, and ran off with it.
00:38:25 Arigato.
00:44:40 Guns.
00:47:00 Hara Jubei: To you.
00:55:34 that a cocoon's fibers could be unwound
00:58:29 [piano playing woman whispering, giggling]
01:02:07 And with the work that Pasteur is doing
01:04:38 [coach clattering]
01:10:57 [men speaking Japanese]
01:14:55 Hervé: Millions of them, all dead.
01:19:32 Then why do we have them if they are bad?
01:22:35 "My faint cry, your body quivering.
01:26:37 Do you have a moment?
01:31:14 He had a reason for that.
01:35:57 Remember that little tree I planted with Madame?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,046
Dialogue density9.8 lines / min
First line00:01:38
Final line01:35:57
Production Record
DirectorFrançois Girard
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20,000,000
IMDb votes11,883