The Silent Forest

The Silent Forest is a 2020 Taiwanese social psychological thriller drama film directed by Ko Chien-Nien. The film was inspired by a real-life sexual abuse scandal at National Tainan Special School, a Taiwanese school for the deaf. It was nominated for 8 Golden Horse Awards and won 2 awards, for Best New Performer and Best Sound Effects. The film released in Taiwan on October 15, 2020. The film will be exclusively released on HowPro+ and Disney+ Hotstar in Malaysia on June 1, 2021, and in Thailand on June 30, 2021. Cast Troy Liu as Chang Chen Buffy Chen as Yao Bei Bei Liu Kuan-ting as Wang Ta-chun Yang Kuei-mei as principal Kim Hyun-bin as Xiao Guang Jimmy Pan Chin-Yu as Yu Xiang Tai Bo as Bei Bei's grandpa Chang Pen-yu as Chang Cheng's mother Vera Chen as the class instructor Fan Ruixiu as Baodi Wang Shihao as Da Hungry Liao Junwei as Weihua Zheng Weiyi as little crooked Wang Jianmin as Teacher Weng Zeng Peiyu as Xiaoguang's mother Huang Shang-Ho as a police officer Plot A teenage boy, Chang Cheng (Tzu-Chuan Liu), chases an old man and begins beating him in front of police officers. The officers pull Chang Cheng off the old man. They don't understand the boy and takes him to the police station. They discover he is deaf. One of the teachers from the school for the hearing impaired, Mr. Wang (Kuan-Ting Liu), arrives and helps Chang Cheng communicate. Chang Cheng accuses the old man of stealing his wallet on the train, but the cops claim that the old man found the wallet and that it was all a misunderstanding. Mr. Wang tells the cops that Chang Cheng is sorry, to get him out of trouble. Chang Cheng asks Mr. Wang if he believes him; Mr. Wang responds that he tends to believe the deaf. Mr. Wang takes Chang Cheng to his new school and suggests he attend the school dance that night. Chang Cheng, not knowing anyone at school, is left alone. Eventually he is pulled into the crowd and dances, enjoying himself.