Silence

In the mid-17th century, a pair of Portuguese Jesuit priests--Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garrpe (Adam Driver)--were tasked with traveling to Japan and verifying that the governmental crackdowns on Christianity’s practice had forced their missionary mentor Ferreira (Liam Neeson) into hiding...and into renouncing his faith. Their determination in the face of the overwhelming persecution they encounter is remarkably limned in Martin Scorsese’s take on the Shûsaku Endô novel; Issey Ogata, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Tadanobu Asano, Ciarán Hinds also star. 161 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.