Heart Blackened

Heart Blackened
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
침묵
Hanja
沈默
RRChimmuk
MRCh'immuk
Directed byJung Ji-woo
Screenplay byJung Ji-woo
Based on
Produced bySyd Lim
Starring
Production
company
Yong Film
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)[1]
Running time
125 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$3.6 million[2][3]

Heart Blackened (Korean: 침묵; RR: Chimmuk; lit. 'Silence') is a 2017 South Korean drama film starring Choi Min-sik, Park Shin-hye, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Lee Hanee. It is a remake of the Chinese film Silent Witness.[4][5][6]

Plot

Im Tae-san has everything—wealth, love, and success. On what he believed to be a perfectly happy day, his fiancée and famous singer, Yoo-na, is murdered. And shockingly, his own daughter, Im Mi-ra, is named the prime suspect.

With the public's attention fixated on the case, Tae-san is determined to prove his daughter's innocence even though she has no memory of what happened that night. Rejecting the most elite legal team, he instead chooses Choi Hee-jung, a young lawyer who genuinely believes in Mi-ra's innocence and will stand by her.

A fierce courtroom battle ensues over the missing seven hours Mi-ra cannot remember. Then, the case takes an unexpected turn when a fan of Yoo-na, Kim Dong-myung, emerges holding the lost CCTV footage from that night.

Cast

Production

Filming wrapped after 4 months of shooting on February 7, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand.[10]

Awards and nominations

Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
54th Baeksang Arts AwardsBest Supporting ActressLee HaneeNominated[11][12]
Lee Soo-kyungWon

References

  1. ↑ hermes (22 July 2017). "Films harder to make, says K-drama star". The Straits Times.
  2. ↑ "Heart Blackened (2017)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Heart Blackened (2017)". Archived from the original on 2017-11-04. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  4. ↑ 최민식-박신혜, '침묵의 목격자'서 재벌과 변호사로 호흡. Star News. 16 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Chinese Thriller 'Silent Witness' to Get Korean Remake". Variety. 24 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Silent Witness' remake adds to A-list cast". Korea JoongAng Daily. 23 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "CHOI Min-shik Signs on for SILENT WITNESS". Korean Film Council. 11 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Actress Park Shin-hye cast for crime thriller". Yonhap. 25 October 2016.
  9. 1 2 3 "Ryu Joon-yeol, Lee Soo-kyung join legal thriller remake Silent Witness". Star News. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
  10. ↑ "JUNG Ji-woo Court Thriller SILENCE with CHOI Min-shik Wraps in Bangkok". Korean Film Council. 21 February 2017.
  11. ↑ 제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개. JTBC (in Korean). April 6, 2018.
  12. ↑ "[2018 백상예술대상 종합] tvN '비밀의 숲'·영화 '1987' 대상 영예+3·4관왕". OSEN (in Korean). May 4, 2018.