Silence is a 2016 period drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks and Scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō. Set in Nagasaki, Japan, the film was shot entirely in Taiwan around Taipei. The film stars Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, and Ciarán Hinds. The plot follows two 17th century Jesuit priests who travel from Portugal to Japan to locate their missing mentor, Cristóvão Ferreira, and spread Catholic Christianity. The story is set in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians"), following the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion (1637–1638) of Japanese Roman Catholics against the Tokugawa shogunate."Silence release date sets Martin Scorsese's passion project up for Oscars ". The Independent. September 27, 2016.
A long-time passion project for Scorsese, which he developed for over 25 years, the film premiered at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome on November 29, 2016, and was released in the United States on December 23, 2016. The American Film Institute and National Board of Review both selected Silence as one of their top ten films of the year. The film also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 89th Academy Awards.
Silence is the last of Scorsese's trilogy of film epics about religious figures struggling with challenges to faith, following The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and Kundun (1997).
Top ten lists Silence was listed on numerous critics' top ten lists.
1st – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times 1st – Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald 1st – Sean Mulvihill, FanboyNationSean Mulvihill, Review of Silence . FanboyNation. 2nd – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York 2nd – Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com 3rd – Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times 3rd – Scott Tobias, The Village Voice 4th – Ben Kenigsberg and Scout Tafoya, RogerEbert.com 4th – William Bibbiani, CraveOnline 4th – Chris Cabin and Brian Formo, Collider 5th – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone 5th – Stephanie Zacharek, Time 5th – Patrick McGavin and Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com 5th – Bilge Ebiri, LA Weekly 6th – Katie Rife, The A.V. Club 7th – Keith Phipps, Uproxx 8th – Alissa Wilkinson, Vox 8th – Aubrey Page, Collider 8th – Witney Seibold, CraveOnline 9th – Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter 9th – Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times 9th – Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, The A.V. Club 10th – Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 (listed alphabetically, not ranked) – Stephen Whitty, The Star-Ledger
Accolades In addition to competitive awards for which the film received accolades, the American Film Institute and National Board of Review both selected Silence as one of their top ten films of the year.
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result AARP Annual Movies for Grownups Awards February 6, 2017 Best Picture Silence Best Director Best Screenwriter and Martin Scorsese Best Supporting Actor Academy Awards February 26, 2017 Best Cinematography American Society of Cinematographers February 4, 2017 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Chicago Film Critics Association December 15, 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay and Martin Scorsese Best Cinematography IndieWire Critics Poll December 19, 2016 Best Director London Film Critics' Circle January 22, 2017 British Actor of the Year (also for Hacksaw Ridge) Los Angeles Film Critics Association December 4, 2016 Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review November 29, 2016 Best Adapted Screenplay and Martin Scorsese National Society of Film Critics January 7, 2017 Best Cinematography San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle December 11, 2016 Best Cinematography Visual Effects Society Awards February 7, 2017 Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature , Ivan Busquets, Juan Jesús García, Pablo Helman, and R. Bruce Steinheimer
See also Silence (1971 film), an earlier version directed by Masahiro Shinoda
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