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Silence
Summary: In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
Release Date: January 13, 2017
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Runtime: 2 h 41 min
MPAA: R
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 46,000,000
Domestic: $ 7,100,177
International: $ 16,734,632
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