Watch the first trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Silence

Silence is the new film from Martin Scorsese. It stars Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, Tadanobu Asano, Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ciarán Hinds, Yoshi Oida, Issei Ogata and Adam Driver. The film is based on the 1966 novel written by Shûsaku Endô and Jay Cocks (Gangs of New York) wrote the adaptation.

Silence follows two 17th-century Jesuit priests who face violence and persecution when they travel to Japan to locate their mentor and spread the gospel of Christianity.

Silence producer Irwin Winkler has said the film will have a run-time of 2 hours and 39 minutes. Paramount has set a limited release for December 23, going wider with hoped-for Oscar nominations in January.

I pray but I am lost. Am I just praying to silence? From #MartinScorsese comes #SilenceMovie, watch the official trailer now. pic.twitter.com/3y4DvzeCs1

— Paramount Pictures (@ParamountPics) November 23, 2016