Silenced/The Crucible/Dogani mega post. Details on North American theater showings & charities

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note: movie and related info describes child abuse, both physical and sexual. And such there will be mentions of it in this post.



OFFICIAL TRAILER:

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SYNOPSIS

This is a true account of what took place inside a school for the deaf in South Korea, where the principal and some teachers repeatedly sexually molested and abused several hearing impaired children. The film is ultimately an indictment of society as a whole, shining a light on the dehumanization of the disabled, and the inadequate protections of justice for society's most vulnerable members.

Kang In-Ho (Gong Yoo) is a newly appointed teacher at a school for the hearing-impaired in Mujin city. On the first day, In-Ho meets the school's principal and director of administration; They are identical twins. Facing various financial pressures, he pays his way into landing a job at the school by bribing the principal and his twin brother.

While teaching the hearing-impaired students, In-Ho feels a strange presence as the kids seem to be distraught and paranoid which is shown in their behavior. Slowly, In-Ho begins to uncover the truth behind this strange behavior as the kids are constantly abused and mistreated by some of the faculty members. In-Ho reaches out to Yoo-Jin, a lady from the human rights center who he had met before beginning work to help investigate. Soon, In-Ho and Yoo-Jin discover unfathomable actions committed by some of the school's faculty members and led by the principal. Both In-Ho and Yoo-Jin begin the fight in exposing the horrible crimes of said faculty members and take matters to court. Meanwhile, In-Ho feels his own pressures to stay silent as his job is hanging by a thin thread of bribery.

Realase dates
NOVEMBER 4 (FRI), 2011

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
CGV Cinemas (Now playing)
621 South Western Ave. Los Angeles, CA

Century 20 Huntington Beach
7777 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach, CA

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Century 20 Great Mall
1010 Great Mall Drive, Milpitas, CA

NEW YORK METRO
AMC Ridgefield Park
75 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ

PHILADELPHIA
AMC 309
1210 Bethlehem Pike, North Wales, PA

ATLANTA
AMC Colonial
825 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Rd., Lawrenceville, GA

DALLAS/FORT WORTH METRO
Cinemark 24 Legacy
7201 North Central Expressway, Plano, TX

CHICAGO
AMC Showplace Niles
301 Golf Mill Center Niles, IL 60714

SEATTLE
AMC Southcenter
3600 Southcenter Mall, Tukwila, WA

PORTLAND
Century Eastport
4040 SE 82nd Ave, Portland, OR

LAS VEGAS
Century Suncoast
9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas, NV

TORONTO
Cineplex Odeon Sheppard
4861 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

VANCOUVER METRO
Cineplex Silvercity Coquitlam
170 Schoolhouse Street, Coquitlam, BC, Canada

Articles:
The New York Times: READ HERE
The Wall Street Journal: READ HERE and HERE
The Economist: READ HERE
REUTERS: READ HERE
JEZEBEL: READ HERE
LINKTV: VIDEO HERE




BREAK THE SILENCE
TIMELESS BRAND - Charity Tee

By purchasing the "Break the Silence" charity tee on timelessbrand.net, you can contribute in funding the hearing impaired children who were directly affected by the actual Inhwa case, as portrayed in "Silenced" ("The Crucible").

This shirt has been uniquely designed by the Timeless Brand team to raise awareness of the crimes that were veiled and for the children who are in need of support.

All profits will be donated to the Holder Center in South Korea.

For more information visit
http://www.silenced2011.com
http://www.timelessbrand.net


HOLDER CENTER (South Korea)
SILENCED Donation Receiver: Holder Center (홀더 지역 아동 센터)

About the Center:
Holder Center has been providing shelter for the actual victims of "Silenced" ("The Crucible") since the initial Inhwa incident in 2006 (hence the "holder2006" in its official URL). The donation proceeds will be used to provide for these victims from buying clothes and everyday essentials for the children, educating Center students on general hygiene and sexual education to coordinating group activities, such as trips to museums and ski resorts. Additionally, the Center has previously combined efforts with the adapted novel author Gong Ji-young and few other Korean celebrities to sponsor "Joyful Dogani" (행복의 도가니) Benefit Concert in May 2011.

For more details on the status of the charity drive and how the donation proceeds will be spent, please visit the Center's official website (http://cafe.daum.net/holder2006)

source: silenced2011, put together by hancinema

Comments

[scubajr.livejournal.com]

Cineplex Odeon! So close, yet still too far :(

[sn0wtigressj0.livejournal.com]

I agree....I was tempted for about a second.

[katiewenchh.livejournal.com]

ridgefield park! def going to see this. so interested.

[limetto.livejournal.com]

i really want to see this but i'll probably have to wait for a dvd release/leak, as usual

[sayakota.livejournal.com]

it's been a while since I've wanted to see something this badly.

[sayakota.livejournal.com]

also, this is a fantastic trailer.

[t-domination.livejournal.com]

really really want to see this movie. but I gotta wait till next year for eng subs ;__;

[keyllastic.livejournal.com]

I wish I was in the States. I'll have to wait for the DVD. This looks like a painfully great film. :(

[mizukigirl.livejournal.com]

I want to see this movie even though I'll most likely cry. I hope I can go.

[woohyun.livejournal.com]

tdot and vancity only 8|

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. :(

[lazmy.livejournal.com]

couldn't finish the trailer because it started to trigger some things but this is going to be a very powerful movie

hopefully this will raise awareness for abused disabled children and abused children in general. it's one of the most unfair things in the world to strip a child of their innocence and joy.

[loverboy.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I'll be able to finish the movie when I get the chance to watch it. :/

The movie's already done so much for the children involved and it's raised a lot of awareness from what I've read. It's done a lot of good so far.

[ta-knee-shuh.livejournal.com]

On the fb page they said the movie should be shown for at least a week. The Friday is just the debut :)

[hugtimes.livejournal.com]

totally going to watch it in toronto.

[ultimaaa.livejournal.com]

Coquitlam? Balls. 8C

[onichick.livejournal.com]

Ok the trailer made me cry.

May have to go see this once I stock up on tissues

[ochatomiruku.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting this! I was wondering if I'd get a chance to see it, and now I can in Milpitas

[kiccy.livejournal.com]

I hate that these kind of great films are never shown in cinemas at my country. We only get Twilight and those kind of shitty movies, but these ones that could teach something and are really well-made will never reach Europe I bet. >.<"

[unreal.livejournal.com]

IA. A cinema nearby me first said they where going to show The Chaser. First the viewing date changed and then they cancelled the viewing all together.

[vizallati.livejournal.com]

Ridgefield NJ what. :D

[deerlike.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of have no idea where that is, but it's supposed to be the location closest to me, so I'm going to try to see it there. If I can't, I guess there's always the DVD.

[itangeisha.livejournal.com]

Oh so this is the movie that was mentioned in a previous article about this movie.
And it has Gong Yoo.
I'll wait until its release, maybe in France, or with english subs later.

[raindropreflect.livejournal.com]

Is anyone going to the showing at the Great Mall (Milpitas)? I was thinking of going with another omona/real life friend of mine.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

was considering it but then I saw I had a midterm monday

[aeryro.livejournal.com]

Oh I really want to see this even though the teaser gives me chills
Don't think it'll be shown in my country though :(

[uledy.livejournal.com]

omg, this looks great. i must say that gong yoo is looking distractingly good in the movie poster...

i mean, i shouldn't be checking him out, but i can't help it.

anyway, i'm excited for this movie and that it's giving a voice to a group that often isn't heard. thank god for the arts. since the media stopped being real whistle-blowers, the public has few ways of being alerted to such issues. i'm glad they've made this movie.

anyone going to the "chicago" location???

[uledy.livejournal.com]

wait a minute, i can't find it in my movie theatre listings for this friday... :/

[rennehollic.livejournal.com]

if it comes to europe (portugal) I'm SO going to watch this. I love Gong Yoo and everything the man does, but also, I hope this movie makes people realize this isn't just fiction, that truly happens and it's still happening as we speak.

[sensibilityxx.livejournal.com]

great, nowhere close to me.
just reading that little summary broke my heart :/

[samunin.livejournal.com]

Going to cry when I watch this at southcenter mall :/

[regnsky.livejournal.com]

Can't watch these kinds of movies at all. Got sick just from the trailer.