Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
Acting
Gong Yoo's trembling restraint burns hotter than screaming.
Direction
Hwang Dong-hyuk makes bureaucracy feel physically nauseating.
Sound
Strategic silence weaponizes what the victims cannot hear.
Director
Hwang Dong-hyuk
Gong Yoo
Kang In-ho
Jung Yu-mi
Seo Yoo-jin
Kim Hyeon-soo
Kim Yeon-doo
Jung In-seo
Jin Yoo-ri
Baek Su-ho
Jeon Min-soo
Jang Kwang
Principal / Principal's Brother
Kim Joo-ryoung
Yoon Ja-ae
Kim Min-sang
Park Bo-hyeon
Lim Hyun-sung
Young-hoon
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Attorney Hwang
Choi Jin-ho
Prosecutor
Uhm Hyo-seop
Police Officer Jang
Park Hye-jin
Principal's Wife
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film literally changed South Korean law—the 'Dogani Bill' abolished the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and disabled victims.
Director Hwang later made Squid Game; both works explore how systems chew up the powerless while the powerful face no consequences.
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