Silenced/도가니/熔炉

Any country has her dark side, but not every country is able to reflect it in movies (such as "In The Valley of Elah"). For us individuals, almost everyone disagrees the discrimination against vulnerable groups, but not everyone is willing to accept such a movie.

There are two shooting ways for movies with this kind of theme: one, to focus on the difficulty of evidence-collecting. It is easy to make the movie exciting and terrifying in this way, with lots of suspending mysteries. The other way is to concentrate on the court battles and fights among various political powers (such as the religious group in this movie). Undoubtedly this movie chose the second way, which reduces the superficial conflicts but makes the audience think more and deeper.

任何国家都会有阴暗的一面，但不是任何国家都会用电影等形式把它拍出来（如《决战以拉谷》）。对于个人来说，每个人都会说反对对弱势群体的歧视，但不见得每个人都愿意接受将它拍成电影。

这样主题的片子有两种拍法：一种是突出取证过程的艰难，这样拍摄容易拍出紧张的气氛，也充满悬念；而另一种是强调法庭上的交锋，突出各种政治力量的斗争（比如本片中的宗教势力）。无疑本片选取的是后一种方式，这样虽然表面平和，却更能让观众思考。

Performance impression:
Director: Dong-hyuk Hwang
Stars: Yoo Gong, Yu-mi Jung, Hyeon-soo Kim