A child's broken body, a father's broken heart — can love rebuild what monsters shattered?
After 8-year-old So-won narrowly survives a brutal sexual assault, her family labors to help her heal while coping with their own rage and grief.
Acting
Lee Re's performance will destroy you. She's eight.
Direction
Lee Joon-ik never exploits the horror, only the healing.
Score
Minimal music lets silence scream louder.
Director
Lee Joon-ik
Sul Kyung-gu
Dong-hoon
Uhm Ji-won
Mi-hee
Lee Re
So-won
Kim Sang-ho
Gwang-sik
Kim Hae-sook
Psychiatrist Jung-sook
Ra Mi-ran
Young-suk's Mother
Kwon Tae-won
Detective Squad Chief
Kang Shin-chul
Prosecutor
Seo Hyun-woo
Paramedic
Cha Mi-kyeong
Vice Principal
Jeong Min-sung
Reporter
Ahn Se-ha
Cocomong Costumed Part-Timer
Jo Bok-rae
Cocomong Costumed Part-Timer
Jo Moon-ee
Court-appointed Lawyer
Kim Ooh-jin
Judge
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 2008 Na-young case sparked protests demanding chemical castration; this film helped pass Korea's first sex offender registry laws.
Sul Kyung-gu spent hours daily in the cramped Coco costume to bond with Lee Re, who didn't know his real face until filming ended.
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