The Children's Hour (1961)

We do not hear the accusations spoken in ear shot. The child whispers it into her grandmother's ear; people refuse to speak of it, out of embarrassment. When Audrey Hepburn is finally told by one of the parents why the children are being taken out of school, we watch it from the perspective of Miss Dobe, a long-shot through the screen door. This helps establish everyone's awkwardness with the subject, and acts as a mirror for the audience's discomfort. This is important, that the audience want to hear the accusations but are uncomfortable with them also.

Throughout, characters turn their backs on each other. This isn't just the grandmother and others who are visibly disgusted (yet too embarrased to broach the subject) by the women. Also, they are turn their backs on each other. They feel no shame, because the accusation is not true, but the entanglement destroys them.