This devastating and well made movie about abuse in a school for the deaf is tightly directed. Not boring for a minute. Unlike Western and Hollywood movies that have dealt with abuse or rape, there is no glossing over of the crimes. The acts are more explicitly shown than Hollywood movies even the recent one about Harvey Weinstein. The children act so well. But poor things having to act in those shocking scenes.
Gong Yoo does a fine job as the understated sympathetic hero. The actors who play the villains must be commended for willing to associate their faces with such monstrous roles.
One eye opening aspect is how the perpetrators were masked with respectability being prominent in their community and church. Hiding behind religious organizations is still happening recently in Korea with the cults.
After watching this you would want to read up about the true story that the movie is based on. Of course some characters and time lines are condensed but the gist of the story is painfully true.
Gong Yoo does a fine job as the understated sympathetic hero. The actors who play the villains must be commended for willing to associate their faces with such monstrous roles.
One eye opening aspect is how the perpetrators were masked with respectability being prominent in their community and church. Hiding behind religious organizations is still happening recently in Korea with the cults.
After watching this you would want to read up about the true story that the movie is based on. Of course some characters and time lines are condensed but the gist of the story is painfully true.
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