Next Scorsese film: set in Japan, main characters are Portuguese characters

While Hugo keeps raising very enthusiastic audience and critical appraisal, Martin Scorsese has revealed which will be his next project. Not that a hiatus was hovering, much the opposite - having droped The Wolf of Wall Street, he he still had in hands the biopic Sinatra, the adaptations of The Gambler (also, a remake) and of the recently acquired thriller The Snowman, and a Rock n' Roll set-up TV series with Mick Jagger and Terrence Winter ("The Sopranos", "Boardwalk Empire). This one is called Silence and has been on the front-line for sometime now, too. A screen translation of the Japanese book with the same name (by Shusako Endo), tells the story of a "Young Portuguese Jesuit (Sebastião Rodrigues), sent to Japan to succor the local Church and investigate reports that his mentor, Fr. Cristóvão Ferreira, has committed apostasy. (Ferreira is a historical figure, who apostatized after torture and later became a Zen Buddhist monk and wrote a treatise against Christianity.)" (Wikipedia). At this point, no Portuguese stars seem to be attached.

"City of God" director, Fernando Meirelles, praises "José and Pilar"

Fernando Meirelles, best known for his moving depiction of the Brazilian slums in City of God (Oscar nominee for Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editing), who has recently presented his new feature 360 at the Toronto Film Festival, talked a fifty-second video praising the Portuguese documentary José and Pilar. Credited as one of the executive producers (the others being Miguel Gonçalves Mendes and Pedro Almodóvar), says he is proud.

Happy Birthday, Julianne

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