Silence

Rating: 9/10 (11 December 2019)

I seldom talk about religion on IMDB since it's a thorny topic and it ruffles a lot of feathers. However, since this movie deals with faith and spirituality I'm gonna talk about it so suck it up I guess. This film depicts real Christian persecution, it's not the kind of fake persecution you get in those terrible Pureflix movies. This film depicts Christian persecution in 17th century feudal Japan. The film has a lot of great performances from everybody involved including Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield. Personally as a lapsed Protestant, I think that secular and religious people can coexist together, after all at the end of the day we're all human and we can find a common ground even if we disagree on religious matters. And I would go a step further and say this: you don't need to be religious to be a decent human being you just need to have compassion and empathy for your fellow man but I digress. Yeah this is definitely one of Martin Scorseses' best films so keep an open mind and check it out.