You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of silence.

Our Lord said to them, go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every living creature. Ferreira is lost to us.

They renounced God in public and surrendered the faith.

That's not possible. Father Ferreira risked his life to spread our faith all over Japan.

It seems to me that our mission here is more urgent than ever.

We must go find Father Ferreira.

This is in your hearts and both of you.

And I must trust God has put it down.

The moment you set foot in that country, you step into high danger.

All right, everybody, you were just listening to the trailer for silence.

And the story is as follows.

Two 17th century Portuguese missionaries, Father Sebastian Rodriguez, and Father Francisco Garouppe

make a powerless journey to Japan to search for their missing teacher and mentor,

Favarro, and minister to the Christian villagers they encounter, who are forced to worship in secret.

It is starring Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver.

This is where I, my mispronunciation is going to kill me.

Tad Anobu Asano, Syrian Hines, Liam Neeson, and Isi Ogata.

It is directed by Martin Scorsese, written by him and also written by Jay Cox as well.

Joining me for this review, I have Kristen Lopez.

I'm just going to apologize in advance to everybody.

Well, maybe not necessarily everybody,

because this film has proven to be very divisive.

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