Silenced
Silenced (; English: "The Crucible") is a 2011 South Korean crime drama film based on the novel The Crucible by Gong Ji-young, directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk and starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the Deaf, where young Deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over five years in the early 2000s.
Plot
Kang In-ho is the newly appointed art teacher at Benevolence Academy, a school for Deaf children in the fictional city of Mujin, North Jeolla Province. He has a dark past: His wife committed suicide a year ago, and his sick daughter is under the care of his mother. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and distant, trying to avoid running into him as much as possible. In-ho does not give up trying to show the kids that he cares. When the students finally open up, In-ho faces the shocking and ugly truth about the school: the students have been secretly enduring physical and sexual abuse by the teachers and administration.
More details
| author | Hwang Dong-hyeok |
|---|---|
| director | Hwang Dong-hyeok |
| editor | Hahm Sung-won |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | art teacher beat chant clash dark past deaf child deaf-mute force human rights jeon-gwan ye-u laugh mourn new student north jeolla province party privileges of the former post railroad track run scream sexual abuse shock stab their way |
| musicBy | Mowg |
| producer | Bae Jeong-min Na Byung-joon Uhm Yong-hun |
| productionCompany | Samgeori Pictures |
| publisher | CJ Entertainment |
| recordedAt | Daejeon |
| theme | education legal south korean |