Silence, based on the novel by Shusaku Endo,
directed and written by Martin Scorsese
I am not
sure why this film has not enjoyed more recognition and acclaim:
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Was it because it is 2 hours and 41
minutes long?
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Maybe it is the suffering that is
portrayed within?
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On the other hand, the metascore for
this work is 79
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Which means critics have been very
favorable
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But not members of the Academy
This motion
picture has so many strong points:
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It is a phenomenal story about calling
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Resilience is also in evidence
throughout the plot
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Extraordinary human signature
strengths are presented
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We have role models and vicious men
In the
seventeenth century, two Portuguese priests arrive in Japan.
There had
been thousands of Christians in this land.
But the
swamp is mainly responsible for the unsuccess of Christianity in these islands.
At least
that is one version that is presented by the villains of the narrative.
Rodrigues and
Garupe, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver respectively, are the only hope for
some believers.
But they
are also an extreme and present danger.
The authorities
are torturing and killing Christians.
There is a
prize of 100 silver coins for anyone who would give information that would lead
to the capture of a Christian.
The prize
is raised to 300 for Rodrigues.
The way the
Japanese that try to destroy Christianity and Christians in their land see this
is simple in a way:
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Foreigners should keep to their own
lands
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In their own territories they should
preach
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Not in Japan
The
Inquisitor and his men are of the opinion that the tree of Christianity will
not grow in the earth of their islands.
But they
use incredible torture to make sure that the priests and the believers abandon
their faith and become apostates.
In the case
of Garupe, they can see that he would rather die in the place of members of his
flock and try blackmail:
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Take me instead! Take me! He shouts
The evil
torturers threaten Rodrigues that if he does not give up his religion, the
other prisoners will be tortured.
And they
are all asked to sin, to step on the image of Jesus as a sign that they are
changing their ways and denying Christ.
Garupe and
Rodrigues have been trying to find Father Ferreira, who is rumored to have
abandoned his faith:
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I do because you are just like me.
You see Jesus in Gethsemane and believe your trial is the same as His. Those
five in the pit are suffering too, just like Jesus, but they don't have your
pride. They would never compare themselves to Jesus. Do you have the right to
make them suffer? I heard the cries of suffering in this same cell. And I
acted.
Indeed,
faced with the option of being the cause of the torture and death of others and
being abused himself, Ferreira has given up his faith.
Or at least
he made the gestures required.
Liam Neeson
portrays this tormented figure.
He is now
married and has children.
The former
father has written works that deny Christianity.
With Rodrigues,
he is charged at one point with checking items from European ships to see if
they contain forbidden materials.
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Christian figures that is
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And crosses
Excellent motion
picture.
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