Number: 65

Country: Canada, 107 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Director(s): François Girard

Cast: Sei Ashina (as The Girl), Michael Pitt (as Hervé Joncour), Keira Knightley (as Hélène Joncour), Kenneth Welsh (as Mayor Joncour), Martha Burns (as Mme. Joncour)

Medium: Unknown,

Plot Outline: 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.

Location: K10

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1