(FILES) This file photo taken on October 12, 2015 shows US director Martin Scorsese during a press conference on October 12, 2015 for the opening of the Martin Scorsese exhibition at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris. Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese is to be granted a private audience with Pope Francis on November 30, 2016 after unveiling his latest film to an audience of 400 Jesuits, the Vatican said.
"Silence", an adaptation of Shusaku Endo's 1966 novel of the same name, tells the story of two Jesuit missionaries (played by Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver) who visit 17th Century Japan in the footsteps of their mentor (played by Liam Neeson). / AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK
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