A Place Called Silence

A Place Called Silence (Chinese: 默杀; pinyin: Mò shā) is a 2024 Chinese crime thriller film directed by Sam Quah, written by Quah, Wang Zhizhi and Wang Yimeng, and starring Wang Chuanjun, Ning Chang, and Francis Ng. The film tells the story of a girls' middle school plagued by bullying, where a student's tragic death sparks a wave of disappearances.^[3] A Place Called Silence was released on July 3, 2024.^[4]

A Place Called Silence
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese	默殺
Simplified Chinese	默杀
Directed by	Sam Quah
Written by	Sam Quah Wang Zhizhi Wang Yimeng
Produced by	Ren Xiaoyi You Wenwei Yang Jun
Starring	Wang Chuanjun Ning Chang Francis Ng
Cinematography	Zhang Ying
Edited by	Zhang Zhiyan Zhou Yuan
Production companies	Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media Tao Piao Piao China Film Co., Ltd. Wanda Media
Distributed by	Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media China Film Co., Ltd. Tao Piao Piao
Release date	July 3, 2024 (2024-07-03)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$192.9 million[1][2]

Plot

Junior high school girl Huijun fell to her death from a height after being bullied on campus for a long time. The bullying did not stop and spreads to her best friend Xiaotong. However, the bullies begin to die one by one under mysterious circumstances. As the serial murders unfold, several suspects emerge: Xiaotong's mother, who witnessed her daughter's mouth being sealed with glue yet stayed silent; the school janitor Lin Zaifu, who seems to know the truth but remains indifferent; and the mysterious Wu Wang, who watches from the shadows, smiling despite the looming danger. The police officer Dai Guodong investigates, but appears blinded by deception. As he delves deeper, dark secrets from the past emerge, pushing everyone into the spotlight.

Cast

• Wang Chuanjun as Lin Zaifu
• Ning Chang as Li Han, Xiaotong's mother
• Francis Ng as Dai Guodong
• Wang Sheng Di as Chen Yutong ("Xiaotong")
• Cai Ming as Mother Xu
• Chin Shih-chieh as Fang Juezhong
• Justin Huang as Wu Wang
• Xu Jiao as Huijun
• Alan Aruna as Xiaowen

Production

Principal photography of the film was done in Penang, Malaysia.

The film is a remake of a 2022 film of the same name, sometimes referred with an alternate title "Silent Murder: A Quiet Place"", also directed by Sam Quah. The original was shot as early as 2017 as an independent production but its international release came only in 2024, after the release of this film.^{[5] [6][7][8]} The two films have separate IMDb pages: 2022 version / this 2024 remake, however the 2022 version has some incorrect information carried over from the 2024 version's IMDb page (i.e. wrong director - as of 19th February 2025).

Reception

As of October 28, 2025, A Place Called Silence has received a rating of more than 6.1 on Douban, with a box office of $1.351 billion yuan.^[9] It is currently the sixth highest-grossing Chinese film of 2024.^[10]

See also

• List of Chinese films of 2024