熔炉 DoganiSilencedCrucible.pptx

Silenced熔炉BackgroundYet the most popular Korean film today—“Dogani” 《漩涡》(“The Crucible”, in English), which has sold over 3m tickets since its domestic release on September 22nd—is the dramatisation of a real-life case of sexual abuse against children. At least eight disabled children were sexually abused by four teachers and administrators — including its principal and his brother at Inhwa仁和 school in Gwangju光州 over the course of the early and mid-2000s; “Dogani” is their story. Its appearance in the public sphere has been nothing short of earth-shaking.Cast Director Writer黄东赫孔志英孔 侑 姜仁浩郑有美 孙宥真金研斗陈宥利全民秀姜仁浩is the newly appointed art teacher at Benevolence Academy, a school for hearing-impaired children in the fictional city of 雾津. He is excited to teach his new students, yet the children are aloof and distant, trying to avoid running into him as much as possible. 仁浩 does not give up, however, trying to show the kids that he cares. When the children finally open up,仁浩 faces the shocking and ugly truth about the school and what the students have been enduring in secret: the children are being physically and sexually abused by their teachers. When he decides to fight for the children’s rights and expose the crimes being committed at the school, 仁浩 teams up with human rights activist 孙宥真. But he and 宥真 soon realize the school’s principal and teachers, and even the police, prosecutors and churches in the community are actually trying to cover up the truth. In addition to using “privileges of former post” 前官礼遇the accused do not hesitate to lie and bribe their way to get very light sentences.PlotThe Relationships of CharactersA New Result Gwangju City will officially shut down the so-called “Dogani” school for the disabled today, roughly two months after a film based on events there sparked public furor over teachers’ sexual assaults against students at the regional school. A faculty member at a school for hearing-impaired students was sentenced to 12 years in prison fo