" Melting Pot " is a movie that describes the school's sexual violence in which teachers and members of human rights organizations work together to uncover the shady scene. The poor children who were abused in the film made people feel heartbroken. The art teachers and human rights activists struggled with the dark forces in the school. The most frightening thing was the principal and his accomplices in the film. I believe they have seen the film. People who are impressed by the headmaster’s eyes in the film should even shudder. As soon as the movie was released, it caused a strong response from Korean society. In fact, this is a movie adapted from real events. Compared with the movie, the ending of real events is more tragic and makes people angry and sad. Next, let us understand the story behind this movie.
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A lawyer learned from a teacher friend that in a school for the deaf and mute in Gwangju, there is sexual violence and other child abuse. The lawyer decided to investigate this matter with friends and defend the children's rights. However, at the beginning of the protection of rights, the teacher was assassinated because of the strength of the opponent, and even other legal workers related to this matter were persecuted to varying degrees. The lawyer was also forced to leave the firm because of this incident and lost his job. But he did not give up, and still insisted on taking the victimized child on the road to defending rights.
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Unfortunately, the lawyer has cancer. But at this time he met a doctor. After learning about this, the doctors fully supported him and fought with him. They contributed to the establishment of the " Renhua School Sexual Violence Countermeasures Committee" and more students Participate in protests with parents. During this process, the dark forces continued to obstruct them, but the doctors and lawyers never gave up, and they were constantly searching for evidence. Finally, they found some direct evidence and launched a protest. However, just like the principal bribing the police in the movie, the criminals in reality have not been punished by the law because of various unspoken rules. Teachers and faculty members suspected of sexual violence have reappeared on the campus. The education authority and the administration The authorities even believe that "on the legal level, there is no problem, and there is no problem with the school operation."This result caused a great blow to the lawyers and doctors, and the children were desperate. One of the children was unable to accept this result and took one of the criminals to commit suicide.
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The lawyer's condition got worse, but he still insisted on protesting. What makes people sad is that in the process of a protest, the lawyer was knocked down by the government's high-pressure water gun, and he did not stand up. The path of the doctor's protest was even more helpless. Finally, in order to attract public attention, the doctor committed suicide and left a suicide note describing the dark violence of the school in tens of thousands of words. This suicide note was spread on the Internet and finally attracted the attention of the society, and then it was written into a novel and made into a movie.
After the film was broadcast, the dark side of the school and the human rights issues of the disabled group finally received attention, promoted the case review, and contributed to the revision of a series of laws in South Korea, including the passage of the "Special Act on Punishment of Sexual Violence Crimes". "Legal case", and this law is also known as the "melting pot law."
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movies originate from the real world, and in turn affect the real world, this may be the greatest value of the movie. The ending of real events It’s embarrassing, but the movie still gives people some hope, as it said at the end of the movie, "We are fighting all the way, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing us." ”
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