Directed by Canadian Francois Girard, Silk is based on a novel by Alessandro Baricco and is essentially a love triangle
between a 19th century silkworm smuggler (played by Michael Pitt), his wife (the ever-pretty Keira Knightley) and the concubine of a baron (Sei Ashina). While the story is, frankly, terribly predictable, Alain Dostie's cinematography makes it all worthwhile. The film, picture-wise, is gushingly gorgeous in a Memoirs of a Geisha fashion, even though the film is more The Last Samurai but with silkworms ... and just as dull.
For the teary love story, however, and more so the simply beauty of what Girard and Dostie set to film, my rating 6 out of 10.
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