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Scorsese adapts Shûsaku Endô's novel for his latest feature film, Silence
Wednesday 18th January 2017 | Zoe
Martin Scorsese brings us a project dear to him with his new film, Silence.
Adapted from Shûsaku Endô’s novel, Jay Cocks and Scorsese’s interpretation of Silence is heart-rending. Premiering at the Pontifical Oriental Institute, Scorsese joined 400 priests for the unveiling.
The story surrounds two Jesuit priests facing persecution as they try to cultivate Catholicism, while attempting to retrieve their mentor ‘lost’ in seventeenth century Japan. Witnessing the price to be paid for faith makes the two priests question their own strength of conviction.
Through the eyes of Fathers Rodrigues and Garrpe, you see human endurance put to the test, depicting the brutality of the human nature and the struggle that faith places on the heart and mind. The performances by Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver and Liam Neeson are enthralling and poignant, that belief doesn’t give you all the answers
The cinematography of this film is outstanding, the way the sound; or lack thereof; drives home the emotions displayed on screen is genius. Silence is filled with sorrow and torture; but leaves you with a sense of inspiration and hope. It is no wonder that this film made it into the AFI selection for 'Movies of the Year'.
