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SILENCE isn’t a film that’s going to appeal to a lot of people and I’m sure some will find the subject and its questioning of faith to be something they won’t want to sit through.
Priests Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garupe (Adam Driver) travel to Japan where they are looking for their mentor Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson) who is said to have turned his back on God. Ferreira was there to teach the Japanese people Christianity but soon the Japan Shogunate began killing the missionaries as well as their own peasants. It neglected to show that in Spain and Portugal at that very same time there was an Inquisition going on with equal cruelty and murder towards Jews and Protestants.

Martin Scorsese’s Silence is one of those films that will stick with you for a very long time after you view it. There are some brutal scenes to watch and they’re absolutely haunting. There are many parts where this film challenges you with intelligent questions about religion and faith. The whole film as an extremely poetic journey about religion and how far would you go for your faith and is it worth it?

Be prepared to set aside time for reflection and discussion … you may even discover some surprises in your views and beliefs. Is there no God and will our prayers only be met by silence? Remember there are no atheists in hell.