Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada, Italy, Japan
The story
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.
- japan
- based on novel or book
- silk
- 19th century
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Sei Ashina — The Girl
- Miki Nakatani — Madame Blanche
- Kenneth Welsh — Mayor Joncour
- Callum Keith Rennie — Schuyler
- Mark Rendall — Ludovic Berbek
- Martha Burns — Mme. Joncour
- Naoko Watanabe — Japanese Girl
- Tony Vogel — Café Verdun Man #1
- Hiroya Morita — Japanese Elder #1
- Hiroshi Ohguchi — Japanese Elder #2
- Toru Tezuka — Japanese Guide
- Directed
- François Girard
- Written
- François Girard, Michael Golding
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 224 ratings
- Studio
- Rhombus Media, Fandango, Bee Vine Pictures, Vice Versa Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
