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Today I'll show you a crime-drama film: "Silenced"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
Inside a car, a teacher, short-named teacher Kang, answers an incoming call
His mom talks and asks him if he has already arrived
Suddenly, Teacher Kang gets blinded by the headlight of an oncoming bus
Fortunately, he manages to dodge the bus before the car could crash into it
At the same time, a young boy is seen on the train tracks; the train comes and hits the boy
In a car repair shop, Teacher Kang asks the worker how long it'll take to fix his car
The worker responds that it'll take a while
He asks where he can take a public bus to go to the school
The worker responds that the school is located in a remote place,
so there is no direct bus to go there
But the worker suggests that he can take a taxi
He decides to go inside his car, and attempts to drive without getting it repaired;
and then his car gets bumped by another car
The woman, nicknamed Madam, gets out of the car and asks why he bumped into her car
He denies the woman's accusation
It turns out that Madam is drunk, and she's the one who bumped into his car
Then the woman gives him a ride
She asks Teacher Kang why he wants to go to a school for the hearing-impaired
He answers that he'll be teaching the children there
Madam drops him off at school, and she gives him her business card
He goes inside the school, and greets students sitting by the stairs
But they ignore him and run
Teacher Kang gets confused by the girls' behavior,
but he brushes it off, and proceeds to head to the office
He talks with the headmaster as the admin also arrives
Teacher Kang is in surprise, after finding out that the headmaster and admin are identical twins
The admin asks Teacher Kang for a bribe, saying that the teacher's position doesn't come free
Teacher Kang calls his mother, and tells her that he needs to pay 50 million won,
also saying that it was already discounted
His mother delivers the money, despite their financial struggles
The following week,
Teacher Kang starts his class and gives the hearing-impaired students a task to paint
A student, short-named Boy, comes in late with bruises all over his face
He asks his co-teacher about Boy,
and the co-teacher responds that Boy's younger brother had died from a train accident a few days ago,
saying that he's not in his right state of mind right now
Later that night, Teacher Kang finishes his work and heads home
While going down the stairs, he hears someone's scream, so he goes up to check it
He stops outside the ladies' toilet, and asks if there's someone inside
He tries to open the door, but is stopped by the school security guard,
saying that he can't go inside the ladies' toilet
The next day, a police officer and the headmaster are discussing
how the investigation about the children pains them
Teacher Kang arrives, and hands the headmaster the money for his fee
In another scene, the co-teacher is seen repeatedly slapping Boy
Teacher Kang arrives and asks the co-teacher what happened
He replies that Boy secretly left the dormitory last night, and brought two other girls with him
The co-teacher leaves as he is being called by the headmaster
Boy also gets up and leaves
Teacher Kang heads to his car when he sees a girl student, Pretty,
sitting on the ledge of their dorm window
He rushes to her, and gets Pretty off the window
Pretty gets frightened, so Teacher Kang apologizes
Teacher Kang is about to leave, but then Pretty grabs his shirt, and proceeds to lead him somewhere
They stop at a staircase where the washroom can be found in front
Pretty runs off
Teacher Kang goes to the washroom,
and sees the dormitory superintendent drowning another student, named Beauty
Teacher Kang stops her, and asks what she's doing;
the superintendent responds that she's only educating her
Teacher Kang quickly rushes Beauty to the hospital
Teacher Kang calls Madam, saying that the teachers are abusing the children,
and Madam quickly rushes to the hospital
Teacher Kang continues his class, and approaches Pretty, informing her of what happened to Beauty
Madam calls Teacher Kang asking him where he is,
and that she needs to meet him outside since she needs to tell him something
After that, they discuss inside a restaurant
Madam proceeds to tell him that Beauty was almost raped by the headmaster, but he didn't succeed
Madam hands out a note that Beauty gave her last night
As Teacher Kang reads the note, Madam informs him that she wasn't the only one who was violated,
but there were others, and that there were also a few perpetrators,
like the co-teacher who even sexually abused the male students
Madam also tells him about the superintendent being the headmaster's younger sister,
and that they're also lovers
The next day in the Human Rights Center, they shoot a video testimony from Beauty,
asking her what happened, while Teacher Kang interprets for the deaf kids
Beauty says she was playing in the field outside,
when her playmate Pretty went back to the school building
Pretty was taking too long, so Beauty went to look for her
While she was looking for her, the headmaster called out to Beauty,
and they went to the headmaster's office
Beauty saw a naked man and woman on the headmaster's television
Then the headmaster started to touch her, so she ran to the comfort room
The headmaster went after her, and he violated her there
Pretty cries as she remembers how the headmaster raped her, so Madam comforts Pretty
Madam reports to the Education Department,
and asks to put in a formal application to penalize the headmaster
But the department refuse, as the sexual abuses didn't happen during classes,
and suggest Madam go to the City Hall
Madam says that she already went to the City Hall
and they told her that they should seek advice from the Education Department
As the woman keeps rejecting her request,
Madam gets angry and confronts the woman about how the children suffered,
but they choose to keep a blind eye
A man points out that the headmaster is the head of the church, and is a devoted Christian,
saying that he could never do such things
Madam hands out a CD, and the written record of the children's statements
But still, the man continues to defend the headmaster
Madam angrily leaves; but suddenly, her colleague calls,
saying that Seoul Television is interested in doing coverage of the case
Meanwhile, in the headmaster's office, the co-teacher abuses Boy again by hitting him
With the headmaster and admin beside him, the headmaster tells him to find a quieter place
The co-teacher goes out to open the door,
and is greeted by Teacher Kang, but he quickly leaves with Boy
Teacher Kang couldn't take it and smashes the co-teacher's head with a vase
He brings Boy with him, and assures him that they'll receive punishment
They proceed to get Boy's testimony
A man asks Boy about what really happened to his brother before he died
Boy says that when the co-teacher was off from work,
the co-teacher told Boy and his brother to follow him home
Boy wanted to decline his offer, but couldn't as he would beat him if he did
As Boy tells them his story, it is being broadcast by The Seoul Television
Meanwhile, the police arrest the headmaster, the admin, and the co-teacher
The police officer stops the car,
and instructs the headmaster and the admin about what they're going to do,
so that they can dismiss their case
He instructs them to make use of all their connections, and to find a lawyer
People are protesting about the headmaster;
and some of the others are shouting that the headmaster would never do such things
Later, the trial of the case commences
The deaf people can't understand what the judge is saying;
they request an interpreter, but get ignored
Madam stands up and asks the judge herself
But instead, she gets kicked out for speaking without permission
After the trial, the headmaster's wife slaps Teacher Kang and spits on him
Madam arrives, and asks the woman what she's doing to him
She suddenly pulls Madam's hair, which results in a ruckus
The next day, the trial continues
A security guard gives his testimony, and the security guard denies the accusations,
and continues to defend the headmaster and the admin
He also lies about checking the toilet from when Teacher Kang heard a child's voice;
and when he checked it, he found no one inside
In the following, The doctor from the hospital also gives her testimony
She thinks that Beauty wasn't violated, because according to what she witnessed,
Beauty was calm and didn't have any bruises
This doctor is also the general secretary of the High School Alumni
The children's lawyer approaches the judge, and hands out a preliminary analysis report of Pretty
The judge asks the doctor if she made two analysis reports
The doctor tries to make an excuse; but the judge shuts her up,
telling her that she only needs to answer yes or no; the doctor responds yes
The lawyer proceeds to ask the doctor,
why the cause of the patient's genital injury was different,
from the first analysis to the second one that she had written
Then the judge asks the doctor why she changed her testimony
The doctor proceeds to say that the patient's genital injury was something that did not happen recently
instead, it happened at least 5 years ago
The other lawyer interferes,
asking if it is possible for a kid to be involved in intercourse with an adult man,
and also adds that even if it's possible,
without the consent and coordination of the female, this sort of thing couldn't happen
The deaf people on the children's side make a ruckus upon the other lawyer's statement
After the trial, Teacher Kang and Madam treat the children to a restaurant,
and proceed to go to the beach
Beauty tells a story about the time, when her parents took her to the beach before she was deaf
She also remembers how she hears the sound of the waves crashing to the shore
Teacher Kang comforts her,
telling her that the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor touched;
they must be felt by the heart
They spent the rest of their time walking by the shore peacefully
The next day in the trial court, the headmaster says that he could vaguely remember Pretty's face
The lawyer confronts him,
asking him that if he does not remember the face of the child he sexually abused
The lawyer asks Pretty to point out who removed her clothes
Pretty points to the headmaster, the admin, and the co-teacher
As Pretty continues her testimony, the admin stands up,
and shouts that Pretty is lying; and that she's a lunatic
After the trial, Teacher Kang meets his professor; and unexpectedly, a lawyer is also with them
The school lawyer offers back the money Teacher Kang gave to the school,
and proceeds to say that they added a bit more to it, trying to convince him to dismiss the case
However, Teacher Kang rejects the offer and leaves
Teacher Kang gets angry and punches his car, breaking its window
The next day, Teacher Kang's mom unexpectedly arrives, and confronts Teacher Kang
But he responds that if he were to give up the case now,
then he would never be confident enough to be a good father to his child
Then, the trial continues
The school lawyer asks Beauty if she got violated by the headmaster, and if it's the truth
Beauty responds yes
The school lawyer asks if she knows the headmaster
He asks Beauty, who among the identical twins is the headmaster
Despite them being identical twins, Beauty manages to point to the headmaster
The judge asks how she identified the headmaster
Beauty explains that both of the twins do not know how to sign language,
but the headmaster would always sign "I'll kill you" to Beauty, so she performed the sign;
and one of them understood it; thus he is the headmaster
The school lawyer asks Beauty according to her testimony, on her way home after buying noodles,
if she noticed that Pretty disappeared
Beauty nods
He asks if she heard faint music and changed her direction; then walked towards where the music was
Again, Beauty nods
The school lawyer approaches the judge, saying that her testimony is absurd,
since how she would have heard the faint music if she is deaf
But Beauty insists that she's telling the truth
Beauty explains that she's deaf, but she can still hear faint music
So they test Beauty's hearing
Beauty raises her hand, indicating that she can hear the music that is being played
The judge then dismisses them, and informs them that they'll continue the hearing on Friday
Teacher Kang's mom approaches them, and hands out a bag full of goods
Meanwhile, Madam unexpectedly runs to the superintendent,
and the superintendent shows the contract of settlement signed by Boy's grandmother,
indicating that they'll settle outside the court
The following moment, Teacher Kang informs Boy about the contract his grandmother signed,
explaining that he cannot deliver his testimony anymore
As a result, Boy gets devastated
Teacher Kang can't do a thing but embrace him
Beauty wakes Teacher Kang in the middle of the night;
then, she proceeds to tell Teacher Kang that she forgot to tell her testimony
about the nude man and woman she saw on the TV
Later, Teacher Kang and Madam go to the headmaster's office, finding something
They obtain the cassette tape with the headmaster's footage of raping Pretty;
and they hand it to the lawyer;
the lawyer assures them that he'll present their evidence to the judge personally
On the last day of the trial,
the three of them only get sentenced to six months in prison and one-year probation
Teacher Kang and the others are devastated by what the judge concluded;
it turns out the prosecutor got bribed by the accomplice of the headmaster
Madam calls Teacher Kang, informing him of what Boy is planning; and they rush to Boy
On the other hand, Boy meets with the co-teacher
The co-teacher approaches Boy, and offers to bathe with him
But Boy stabs him in an instant
A train approaches them, and Teacher Kang arrives at the scene
Boy pushes the co-teacher on the tracks, and they get run over by the train
In the following scene at Boy's funeral, people outside are protesting about his sudden death
The prosecutor's car arrives, and so the people throw eggs at his car
A fire truck arrives and sprays the protesters with water
Teacher Kang comes to the middle of the road to protest,
despite the fire truck's effort to make them go away
He is then held by two police officers to the ground
A year later, Madam continues to work getting the justice the children deserve
They are still unsuccessful; but on the brighter side,
many people have approached the children, and provided them with free food
It's sad to know this happened in real life
Let's hope for justice to prevail over victims fighting these situations
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