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Silence is a 2016 historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks. The movie is based on a work by Shūsaku Endō and features a cast including Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Adam Driver, and Tadanobu Asano. Howard Shore composed the score, while Thelma Schoonmaker served as the film editor. Principal photography took place in Taiwan, and the narrative is set in Japan and Portugal during the 1640s, 1682, and the Edo period.
Produced by companies including Waypoint Entertainment and Cappa Defina Productions, the film originated from the United States, Mexico, Taiwan, and Italy. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Hulu. The runtime is 161 minutes, and the film carries an R rating. Its original languages include English, Japanese, and Latin.
The film received a Metascore of 79 and an IMDb rating of 7.2. It was nominated for one Oscar and has accumulated 8 wins and 62 nominations in total. The original motion picture soundtrack was released in 2017.
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7.1In 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.
Cast
- Andrew Garfield as Rodrigues
- Adam Driver as Garupe
- Liam Neeson as Ferreira
- Tadanobu Asano as Interpreter
- Ciarán Hinds as Father Valignano
- Issey Ogata as Old Samurai / Inoue
Themes
- japan
- based on novel or book
- christianity
- missionary
- remake
- betrayal
- torture
- martyrdom
- crisis of faith
- portuguese
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
130,171 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
79/100
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 161 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 62 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese
- Screenplay by
- Jay Cocks Martin Scorsese
- Based on
- Silence , by Shūsaku Endō
- Produced by
- Martin Scorsese Emma Tillinger Koskoff Randall Emmett Barbara De Fina Gastón Pavlovich Irwin Winkler Vittorio Cecchi Gori
- Starring
- Andrew Garfield Adam Driver Tadanobu Asano Ciarán Hinds Liam Neeson
- Cinematography
- Rodrigo Prieto
- Edited by
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Music by
- Kim Allen Kluge Kathryn Kluge
- Production companies
- Fábrica de Cine AI Film SharpSword Films CatchPlay IM Global Verdi Productions YLK Sikelia Productions The Fyzz Facility Emmett/Furla/Oasis Films
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (United States) StudioCanal (United Kingdom) CatchPlay Films (Taiwan) Gussi Cinema (Mexico)
- Release dates
- November 29, 2016 ( 2016-11-29 ) ( Pontifical Oriental Institute ) December 23, 2016 ( 2016-12-23 ) (United States) January 1, 2017 ( 2017-01-01 ) (United Kingdom)
- Running time
- 161 minutes
- Countries
- United States Taiwan Mexico United Kingdom
- Languages
- English Japanese
- Budget
- $40–50 million
- Box office
- $24 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Silence is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō, marking the third filmed adaptation of the novel. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds and Liam Neeson. The plot follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Edo period Japan via Macau to locate their missing mentor and spread Catholic Christianity. It is the third of Scorsese's films about religious figures struggling with challenges of faith, following The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Kundun (1997).
The pre-production phase of the filmmaking for Silence went through a cycle of over two decades of setbacks and reassessments. After filming of The Wolf of Wall Street concluded in January 2013, Scorsese committed to following it up with Silence. On April 19, 2013, Scorsese indicated that he would begin production on Silence in 2014. Irwin Winkler was then announced as a producer, as were Randall Emmett and George Furla, who would provide financing through their company Emmett/Furla Films. Soon thereafter, planning was made for the film to be shot in Taiwan.
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