Christianity and human nature from another POV

Rating: 10/10 (3 February 2017)

I would say that with Silence Scorsese stepped out of his zone and tried to accomplish something different from his other movies. I think he succeeded with this attempt. The movie points us to Japan in 17th century where Jesuits are facing some major problems with Christianity and the local authority. It just makes you wonder about various aspects of Christianity, religion itself, human nature and traits of respect for others. The surroundings and the scenery of the picture are breath-taking and wonderful. It really helps to feel the emotions that Scorsese wanted to set. Andrew Garfield did a marvelous job with his character, you can relive the emotions and the spirituality just by looking at Rodrigues's face. Simply, this movie left me speechless and gave me some food for thought.