It was banned for several years in Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Chile and Argentina, and remains banned in the Philippines and Singapore.
We recently learned the movie, about Jesuits in 15th century Japan, will premiere at the Vatican and this week it emerged that Scorsese will host a private screening for the Pope.
Like The Revenant before it, I fear this could be a beautifully shot, well-acted film about survival and devotion above all else that is so one-note you probably won’t be interested in seeing it a second time.
His new faith-centric film Silence, however, which he has been trying to get made for years and for which he didn’t take a fee and the A-list cast got paid a “pittance”, looks to have the Catholic church’s stamp of approval.