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The Silenced

The Silenced

Horror · Thriller · Mystery · 2015

A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.

Movie details

The Silenced

“The lost girls, suspicious school, and abnormal changes...”

2015 Horror · Thriller · Mystery 1h 39m

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6.5 / 10

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A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over The Silenced?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lee Hae-young

Written by

Lee Hae-young

Park Bo-young

Park Bo-young

Joo-ran

Uhm Ji-won

Uhm Ji-won

Kato Sanae

Park So-dam

Park So-dam

Yeon-deok

Kong Ye-ji

Kong Ye-ji

Yuka

Sim Hee-seop

Sim Hee-seop

Kenji

Go Won-hee

Go Won-hee

Shizuko

Keum Sae-rok

Keum Sae-rok

Naoko Oyama

Court is in session

Put The Silenced on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.