Silence
20167.1movie
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.
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.
The film starts with a long moment of actual silence, and embraces silence throughout its running time, or something akin to silence. Wood burning, waves crashing, wind moving through grass: this is what you often hear in place of a…
In Martin Scorsese’s film, Jesuit priests in 17th-century Japan operate underground to keep their religion alive when they and their adherents are persecuted.22, 2016. Martin Scorsese’s “Silence” is a story of faith and anguish. It tells…
The first half of Silence is about what you’d expect if you’ve seen enough films with Japanese torturers. (Unbroken didn’t break its hero, Louis Zamperini, but it broke me.) But we begin to sense a rift opening up between the priests…
