Voice of Silence (2020 film)


Voice of Silence is an upcoming South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Hong Eui-jeong, from her screenplay which was selected as one of the top 12 projects at Venice Biennale College-Cinema 2016/2017 in 2016. It stars Yoo Ah-in and Yoo Jae-myung.

Plot

Two men work for a criminal organization to clean up the aftermath messes. One day, they receive a peculiar order to take care of an eleven years old kidnapped girl.

Cast

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Development

In 2016, it was revealed that director Hong Eui-jeong and BAFTA winning producer, Afolabi Kuti of Broedmachine, planned to collaborate on producing Hong's screenplay. The screenplay had been selected as one of the top 12 projects at Venice Biennale Collage-Cinema 2016/2017 and shortlisted for Sundance Screenwriters Lab. In 2019, Lewis Pictures and Broccoli Pictures joined the production with Acemaker Movieworks distributing the film.

Casting

On June 3, 2019, Yoo Ah-in and Yoo Jae-myung joined the cast of the film.

Filming

The read-through of the script occurred on July 19, 2019. Principal photography began on July 29, 2019. Filming took place in Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do and lasted less than two months on September 12, 2019.

Release

The film will be released in local cinemas in 2020. It was previously screened at the Cannes International Film Festival's virtual market Marché du Film in June 2020.