That this would be a topical issue to address shows director Lee Han is still on a mission to cover relevant social situations in is films, but with Innocent Witness, he could have gone one of two ways with this premise.įirstly, it could have just been about Soon-Ho’s pernicious exploitation of a vulnerable person to score that courtroom victory and maybe get a partnership out of it. Lawyers are known for their underhanded tactics when it comes to winning a case so we shouldn’t be surprised that someone would sooner or later base a story around a lawyer manipulating someone with a mental/neurological condition for their own gain.
Undeterred, Soon-Ho befriends Ji-Woo in the hope of gaining her trust and getting her to testify.
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Feeling Ji-Woo’s testimony would be deemed unreliable because of her Autism, Soon-Ho tries to have her take the stand at the trial but her mother Hyun-Jung (Jang Young-Nam) refuses to allow it. The details of the death are confusing, made worse by the fact the only witness is Im Ji-Woo (Kim Hyang-Gi), a 15 year-old girl with Autism. To test him, Yang is given a pro-bono case by his bosses to defend housekeeper Oh Mi-Ran (Yum Hye-Ran) against a charge of murder against her elderly employer, which she denies, claiming it was suicide. Yang Soon-Ho (Jung Woo-Sung) is a lawyer who recently shifted to a major firm to pay off the debts his dementia-ridden father Kil-Jae (Park Geun-Hyung) accidentally racked up. Thankfully, this is repudiated by the mother of the autistic girl in question, proclaiming she had never once thought that herself, otherwise it wouldn’t be her daughter. Lee HanĪ line actually spoken in a film apparently designed to help broaden our understanding and knowledge of Autism.
Innocent Witness (Jeungin) Korea (2019) Dir.
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