Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- harrowing
- quiet reflection
- historical film programs
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Francesca has carried her past in silence for nearly forty years before finally telling the truth.
Francesca’s disclosure connects intimate trauma with the historical experience represented by the comfort women subject.
Grace Shen plays Francesca Keahola while Grace Chim plays Young Francesca, indicating a memory-based structure across generations of selfhood.
The plot and keywords explicitly center Francesca’s disclosure within the history of comfort women.
Films like Breaking the Silence, and why
The Apology
historical drama centered on testimony, trauma, and the suppressed experiences of women during wartime
The Diary of Anne Frank
intimate historical drama about a survivor confronting painful memories and belatedly telling the truth
A Special Day
emotionally direct historical drama about wartime suffering, memory, and moral recognition
Movie Details
- Director
- Seayoon Jeong
- Release Date
- 2020-06-28
- Runtime
- 27 min
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Grace Shen
- Grace Chim
- Yuyu Kitamura
- Rumi Oyama
Common questions
- What is Breaking the Silence about?
- A survivor’s courageous confession transforms decades of silence into an intimate act of remembrance and truth-telling.
- What is Breaking the Silence like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Breaking the Silence as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Breaking the Silence violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Breaking the Silence as mild.
- Which films are like Breaking the Silence?
- Films with a similar feel include The Apology, The Diary of Anne Frank, and A Special Day.
- How long is Breaking the Silence?
- Breaking the Silence runs 27 minutes.
