Silenced (film)

Silenced
Silenced
	Film poster
Korean name
Hangul	도가니
Revised Romanization	Dogani
McCune–Reischauer	Togani
Directed by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Written by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Based on	The Crucible; by Gong Ji-young
Produced by	Uhm Yong-hun; Bae Jeong-min; Na Byung-joon
Starring	Gong Yoo; Jung Yu-mi;
Cinematography	Kim Ji-yong
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Music by	Mowg
Production; company	Samgeori Pictures
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	22 September 2011;
Running time	125 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean; Korean Sign Language
Box office	US$30.7 million

Silenced (Korean: 도가니, RR: Dogani; 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]

^ Dogani (Crucible) Archived 2017-01-01 at the Wayback Machine Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-04-25
^ 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.
^ "'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
^ 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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[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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