Stitching a Love Story With Subtle Seams
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In a small town in 19th-century France, a young man named Herve Joncour (Michael Pitt) quits the army to embark on an uncertain career as a silk trader. Japan is officially off-limits to foreigners, but it’s rumored to have the best silkworms. “And so,” he explains in voice-over, “I headed off to the end of the world.”
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