News on Silk

Keira is due to attend the Rome Film Festival next month to promote Silk.

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"Stars line up for Rome film fest

ROME , Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Dozens of the world’s most popular movie stars plan to travel to Italy next month for the second annual Rome Cinema Festival.

Slated to appear during the eight-day film series are Sophia Loren, Cate Blanchett, Keira Knightley, Halle Berry, Monica Bellucci, Sharon Stone, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Sean Penn, the Italian news agency, ANSA, reported Friday.

The festival is scheduled to run from Oct. 19-27 and will feature screenings of movies from 40 different countries, including: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "El Pasado," "Juno," "Lions for Lambs," "Before The Devil Knows You're Dead," "Silk," "Reservation Road," "Mongol," "Things We Lost in the Fire," "Le Deuxieme Souffle" and "Youth Without Youth."Fourteen of the movies will compete for the top Marcus Aurelius prize.

In another festival highlight, Loren will be honored with a lifetime achievement award for her body of work on the final day of the event."

Source: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/09/28/stars_line_up_for_rome_film_fest/5002/

Another article about Silk, featuring interviews with Keira and François.

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"Falling in love with the feel of Silk

British actress Keira Knightley was shooting Pirates of the Caribbean in the Bahamas when a friend mailed her the novel Silk, by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco."He wrote a note saying, 'I just read this. I think you're going to love it,' " remembers the brunette beauty, who swept into Toronto earlier this month to promote two films at the film festival: Silk (which opened commercially yesterday) and Atonement (opening later this year). "And I did. Completely and absolutely adored it. "

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Silk is now playing at just 83 cinemas across the US and has a total tally of just under $700,000. It should fare much better in Japan, where it will premiere as part of the Tokyo Film Festival on October 28th. No sign of a UK premiere in Leicester Square's calendar, but the movie opens here on November 9th.