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The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence

2014•1h 40m•7.8/10
HistoryDocumentary

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7.8/10(305)

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

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Production

Making Movies, Final Cut for Real, Piraya Film, Spring Films, Anonymous, Britdoc Foundation, Participant, Doc Society

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Adi Rukun

Adi Rukun

Self

M.Y. Basrun

Self

Amir Hasan

Self (archive footage)

Inong

Self

Kemat

Self

Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer

Self (voice)

Amir Siahaan

Self

Ted Yates

Ted Yates

Self (archive footage)

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