“Andrew” describes Scorsese’s new film as “a meditation and a prayer”, an experience that is still “reverberating” for him.

In Scorsese’s film, a gaunt Garfield portrays a priest grappling with a flagging faith while on a mission in 17th century feudal Japan.

In “Silence,” Scorsese borrows the genre’s stripped-down framework in order to observe the physical exertion of brutal power.