Nayoung’s life She suffered from depression and mental exhaustion after the attack, but recovered up to 70% afterward. She started going to school and her father says that he has only seen drawings since 2020 to escape news and have to learn about issues related to sexual cruelty.
Telling a narrative about sexual abuse today is often surprising thanks to the explicit methods movies use to depict such aberration. The elegance with which the subject must be treated is often put aside to show us the act itself —and its aftermath— in a ruthless way. A resource that seeks to break us as spectators in the face of the most atrocious abuses that can be committed against a human being.
If we talk about rape of a minor, the shock level increases. Not only because of how damning it is, but also because of what it means to make a film that casts a child to play the role of a victim, and how that role will embrace the dignity of such a vulnerable being.
Cho Doo Soon: A case that showcases injustice and impunity in Korea
Undoubtedly, the situation of Cho Doo Soon marked a before and after in South Korea. Well, he motivated society to not only debate, but also criticize the South Korean justice system and its response to sexual crimes.
Extensive lesions and surgery to remove the anus
The doctors could not say that Nayoung was still alive. She had significant internal bleeding and severe trauma to her face and abdomen.
Urgent surgery was required. Nayoung’s anus had to be removed or she would bleed to death. Alternatively, a colostomy was performed.
Cho Doo Soon will premiere on December 13,
‘Hope’, a film directed by Lee Joon Ik and based on the exciting story of Nayoung, is a disturbing, unfortunate audiovisual and powerful part that portrays occasions in society that are sometimes invisible to our eyes, such as the accompaniment and the promise that can be born after a regrettable moment.
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