Thursday, July 19, 2018

Heart Blackened /침묵 (2017)

People said that blood is thicker than water. Well ... that's what this movie show.

 Im Tae San was an influential businessman. He had an only child, a daughter, Im Mi Ra. He also had a fiancee, a famous singer, Park Yoona.
Mira didn't received Yoona's presence well in their family. It seemed that Yoona came to take over her mother's position. Yoona - Mira's relationship got worse after one of Mira's friend found Yoona's past sex tape.
In a drunk state, Mira called Yoona and asked her to come to the club. They fought at the club restroom. Mira left Yoona and drove her car in her drunk state. As she passed out and arrested for her D.U.I, Yoona was found dead in the parking lot of her apartment. She was brought to the hospital but could be saved.
Soon Mira became the  prime suspect of the murder case. She was the last person that was seen with Yoona.

Im Tae San was the fiancee of the victim. Bu he also the father of the suspect. He investigated the case to find the truth cause Mira couldn't remember anything for the event at all.
Tae San hired Choi Hee Jung, a young attorney to defend his daughter. Their investigation led them to Kim Dong Myeong, Yoona's fansite owner / stalker. At the past, he was caught to put cctv without concern to stalk Yoona. He was the one who brought the key proof of the case.
Choi Hee Jung, in the other part was an earnest lawyer. She fought for the truth and believed that Mira was innocent. She asumed that Im Tae San's assistant was the culprit. She brought the proof how Yoona's expensive watch that was given by Tae San, was being sold at the market.
Dong Seong Sik, the prosecutor of the case, strongly believed that Mira was at fault. And he also believed that Tae San would fabricated the proof to save Mira. A call from Dong Myeong changed everything.
 
In the trial, Dong Myeong brought a flash disk which contain a cctv video of the murder. Tae San, snatched away the proof and kidnapped Dong Myeong right before the trial. As Hee Jung saw it, she told Prosecutor Dong and forced Tae San became a witness. Prosecutor Dong proceeded a permit to frisk Tae San.

The video proof show that Tae San was the culprit. Mira fainted and Tae San was arrested right away.

Mira was released and met with Jung Seong Gil, his father's assistant. She was sure that the girl at the video proof was not her. She asked Jung for the truth.
Jung only said that Mira couldn't handle the truth. But he handled her a handphone and a key. Those two items made Mira and Hee Jung flight to Bangkok.
They found a warehouse in Bangkok as shown in the only picture stored at the phone. When they went inside, they saw the exact copy of the murder place.
Im Tae San made a fake video with the help of Jung and Dong Myeong after he saw that his daughter was really the real culprit. He went casting the girls to be Mira and Yoona. He built the exact copy of the parking lot. He became one of the actor of the fake video as the main culprit.
Mira got the truth and visited his father. She asked what should she do : saying sorry to him or thanking him as he took the punishment instead of her.
It was a sad ending.

 
Well, the ending scene when Tae San and Jung ate noodles was so sad. It contains so much emotion.
But the whole story makes me feel that both the prosecutor and attorney are so stupid, getting blind over a subtle proof without investigate it thoroughly. 
Prosecutor Dong get a promotion. attorney Choi makes her own law firm. But Im Tae San is punished for her daughter's fault. He is the real victim here where he loses his fiancee and also gets jailed for his daughter.

What a mess story....

5 comments:

  1. I think you are not getting the point why the lead character Im Tae San did fabricate the evidence on purpose. It was not merely just to save his daughter but to save his fiance as well. You can see from the last part of the movie that his fiance waved goodbye to him, the thing you didn't tackle here in your review. As I can see it, the truth behind why he fabricated the evidence and point to him as the culprit #1 He wants to save his daughter #His fiancee was not really dead, both him and his fiance agreed that he'll do the plan to save her also from shame brought by the wide spreading hilarious past sex video on the internet.
    So to shut people from talking negatively to the fiance singer they bought agreed to fake her death and even if it means living away from each other. It only shows how he love her despite of her dark past.
    For me the movie was not a mess as you did say. It was well acted and very fascinating, another good movie I have watched.
    --from Philippines

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    2. I finally got the answer I've been searching for. I've just finished watching the movie. So, someone else was killed by mi-ra, right? Or there was no murder at all?

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  2. Thanks for this. It was this part I did not understand and you have explained beautifully. Thanks for that. A real poigent and touching story

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  3. I'm so damn confused of the ending.
    Is his Fiancée is alive or dead??

    I understand the video fabrication

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Heart Blackened /침묵 (2017)

People said that blood is thicker than water. Well ... that's what this movie show.  Im Tae San was an influential businessman. He h...