Based on a novel by Shusaku Endo and a 1971 film by Masahiro Shinoda, Silence could easily have been titled “Quest,” but Scorsese’s stress on the noncommunication between man and God gives ...

Around 2012, Cecchi Gori Pictures was awarded rights to "Silence" by the courts. But Scorsese had already committed to making "The Departed," "Shutter Island," and "Hugo." Cecchi Gori sued the ...