Silenced (film)

Silenced
Film poster
Korean name
Hangul
도가니
Revised RomanizationDogani
McCune–ReischauerTogani
Directed byHwang Dong-hyuk
Written byHwang Dong-hyuk
Based onThe Crucible
by Gong Ji-young
Produced byUhm Yong-hun
Bae Jeong-min
Na Byung-joon
Starring
CinematographyKim Ji-yong
Edited byHahm Sung-won
Music byMowg
Production
company
Samgeori Pictures
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • 22 September 2011 (2011-09-22)
Running time
125 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Korean Sign Language
Box officeUS$30.7 million[1]

Silenced (Korean도가니; English: "The Crucible") is a 2011 South Korean crime drama film based on the novel The Crucible by Gong Ji-young,[2] 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.[3][4]

Depicting both the crimes and the court proceedings that let the teachers off with minimal punishment, the film sparked public outrage upon its September 2011 release, which eventually resulted in a reopening of the investigations into the incidents. With over 4 million people in Korea having watched the film, the demand for legislative reform eventually reached its way to the National Assembly of South Korea, where a revised bill, dubbed the Dogani Bill, was passed in late October 2011 to abolish the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and disabled people.[5]

  1. ^ Dogani (Crucible) Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-04-25
  2. ^ Sung, So-young (September 9, 2011). "Fueled by need for fresh material, best-sellers become box office hits". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
  3. ^ "'The Crucible' Brings Demons of Child Molestation Case Back to Life" Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Chosun Ilbo. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15
  4. ^ Film examines child abuse case Archived 2019-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Korea Times. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-25
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