Silence (2016)
At a time when Catholicism was banned, two Catholic missionaries were engaged in a mission that seemed deadly. Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver went to Japan to take a real test of their faith and religious power. It's a journey to find their missing teacher, Liam Neeson. This is the most powerful and supreme historical mission for Catholicism, a real test of Andrew and Adam because of the prohibition of Catholicism at the time, and the prohibition of the dissemination or advocacy of its culture.
18 December 1950, Nagasaki, Japan
7 May 1979, Yokosuka, Japan
22 December 1971, Kanagawa, Japan
19 November 1983, San Diego, California, USA
19 September 1966, Tokyo, Japan
14 March 1980, Yao, Osaka, Japan
22 February 1952, Fukuoka, Japan
1951, Japan
1 January 1960, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
14 July 1979, Niigata, Japan
April 04, 2017
An epic film about devotion, deception and the consolation of inner spirituality. [Full review in Spanish]January 13, 2017
Alternately powerful and somnolent.January 06, 2017
"Silence" feels like a career summation for a filmmaker who has spent his life exploring his faith through his work. Here is a movie about the importance of religion that will move you, regardless of whichever God you worship - or don't.March 28, 2017
Like the resolution of Ted Chiang's Tower of Babylon, there is no answer in inward faith: there's only the outward expression of grace. Silence is a masterpiece.May 10, 2017
This is exquisite film-making from a master film-maker.January 13, 2017
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.January 13, 2017
For those not exulted by the inner-workings of devotion, it's a slog.April 06, 2017
It's a real high mass of a film, done with high craft in the highest seriousness.March 20, 2017
When it comes to both lengthy looks and the questions of faith that inspire them, Silence has many.January 07, 2017
Scorsese's abiding passion and respect for his source material are everywhere in evidence. For once, perhaps, they are a little too great.March 24, 2017
A brilliant reflection about complex themes that always showed up on Scorsese's films but are approached here in new and beautiful ways. [Full review in Portuguese]January 12, 2017
This may not be Scorsese's best film, but it's unquestionably his most impassioned.