about faith

Rating: Null/10 (30 April 2018)

...or just life.for me, it is an experience more than a film. motifs - "Silence" was the occasion to discover Martin Scorsese. sure, it was not the first film by him who I saw. but it was The Film. the key. second, for Andrew Garfield. it is one of my favorit actors. I believe in his huge/admirable talent. but in this film, his work is more than a confirmation. not the last, for me "Silence" is the precise history of Christianity. rises. and falls. martyrs and the inner faith . the prices. and the gestures. the words. and the heavy duty of the priest. in same measure, it reminds to me the history of Greek Orthodox church in Japan, from the saint hierarch Nikolay Kasatkin and his fellows to our period. not the least, it is a film like a confession . to the viewer. against apparences. or illusions. a film who has its public who is not a target, not the circle around blockbusters, not the elite of many religious films. sure, for a part of viewers, it is a good adaptation of novel. but, if you see it time by time, you understand. the film. and the novel. not as a story from XVII century. not as moral lesson. not as pledge for a cause. but an exercise to give to yourself. the right answer.