Silence

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Silence

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Released Jan 13, 2017

2h 41m

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Two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Father Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), embark on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor (Liam Neeson). While there, the two men minister to the Christian villagers who worship in secret. If caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai, they must renounce their faith or face a prolonged and agonizing death.

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Critics Consensus

Silence ends Martin Scorsese's decades-long creative quest with a thoughtful, emotionally resonant look at spirituality and human nature that stands among the director's finest works.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

While it is certainly more like an endurance race than a stroll through the park, there is something redeeming in its cinematic beauty.

Rated: 3/5

Feb 15, 2017

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Claudia Puig

The Asahi Shimbun GLOBE (Japan)

While the craftsmanship is undeniable and the themes of spiritual belief, betrayal and redemption are laudable, the film feels flat and not as emotional or moving as it should be.

Rated: 2.5/4

Feb 2, 2017

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Amy Nicholson

MTV

Scorsese doesn't glorify martyrdom, and he doesn't even hate the killers. He makes death as blunt and dull and useless as a snapped pencil. The point is that there is no point.

Rated: B+

Jan 13, 2017

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Mike Thorn

Vague Visages

Rodrigues commits to the preservation of his Christianity, refusing to apostatize no matter what the consequences might be.

Dec 12, 2023

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Erica Peplin

Vague Visages

For all its violence and grandiosity, it stands as an impressively filmed indictment against religious persecution.

Dec 5, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“Silence” seeks to be something more – a spiritual epic that not only reflects where Scorsese is in his personal journey but challenges us in ours.

Rated: 5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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John K

Historical fiction based a the book of the same name is produced and directed by Martin Scorsese. Scorsese kept to the book and did not deviate too much from the book. It helps us understand what happened to over 400,000 Christians living in one Japanese city over 400 years ago. How Japan resisted and eliminated the infiltration of Christianity and prevented subjugation by the Europeans. The heart wrenching stories of Japnese Chrisitians having to go through the act of fumi-e and survival of the few over the centuries in the underground church is fascinating.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Kizza X

Soporific. I'd recommend this to anyone suffering from insomnia, it will surely put you to sleep. You also can't get past the fact that Spanish missionaries had no right to impose their own imperialist, corrupt and violent religion upon a country thousands of miles away. Look what they did to the indigenous peoples of south and central America.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Michael H

Scorsese's best movie. An emotionally beautiful film that shows what it's truly like to be a missionary willing to die for your faith. Simply stunning in every way.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/25/24

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Sams K

Scorsese is a genius. Everything works fine with this.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/23/24

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Brad C

Must watch. I repeat: must watch

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Regina P

I am not sure how to really score this film. For the entire beginning, I was prepared to give this film one star max! I did not like the characters at all, and I was growing impatient with the entire story. Then the ending... I did not realize how much I let this film play with my emotions. I was so vexed by that ending. Absolutely disturbed watching this ending, even though I didn't like these characters anyhow. So I feel forced to give it a high score, because how many movies can do this to me? I can only give credit to the storytelling, because I was seriously unnerved by what I had watched.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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Silence: Official Clip - The Only Given Sun

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Silence: Official Clip - Ferreira's Torture

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Silence: Official Clip - A Buddhist Funeral

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Silence: Official Clip - Rodrigues's Step

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Silence: Official Clip - Faith Test

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Silence: Official Clip - Crucifixion by the Sea

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Silence: Official Clip - Apostatize or Die

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Silence: Official Clip - The Apostate Priests

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Silence: Official Clip - Garupe's Death

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Silence: Official Clip - Kichijiro's Confession

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Synopsis

Two 17th-century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Father Francisco Garupe (Adam Driver), embark on a perilous journey to Japan to find their missing mentor (Liam Neeson). While there, the two men minister to the Christian villagers who worship in secret. If caught by feudal lords or ruling samurai, they must renounce their faith or face a prolonged and agonizing death.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Producer: Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Randall Emmett, Barbara De Fina, Gastón Pavlovich, Irwin Winkler, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Screenwriter: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Catchplay, Sikelia, EFO Films, G&G, YLK, Sharpsword Films
Rating: R (Disturbing Violent Content)
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.1M
Runtime: 2h 41m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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