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Silence

Two Jesuit priests travel to 17th-century Japan to look for their missing mentor.

In 1640, two young Jesuit priests travel from Portugal to Japan on a mission to track down their former spiritual mentor, Father Ferreira, who is rumoured to have disappeared after renouncing Christianity. The mission puts their own faith to the test.

The third film in Martin Scorsese's trilogy about faith.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Mon 13 Jun 202223:15
BBC Two

Credits

DirectorMartin Scorsese
WriterMartin Scorsese
WriterJay Cocks
WriterEndo Shusaku
RodriguesAndrew Garfield
GarupeAdam Driver
FerreiraLiam Neeson
MokichiShinya Tsukamoto
IchizoYoshi Oida
KichijiroYosuke Kubozuka
InterpreterTadanobu Asano
Old Samurai/InoueIssei Ogata
Father ValignanoCiaran Hinds

Broadcasts

  • Sun 3 Nov 201922:30
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD
  • Sat 7 Nov 202023:20
    BBC Two except Wales & Wales HD
  • Thu 26 Aug 202122:05
    BBC Four
  • Mon 13 Jun 202223:15
    BBC Two

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