The Look of Silence

Overview

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 11, 2014

Original language

English

Spoken languages

French, Indonesian

Countries

Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America

Production

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

Cast

Adi Rukun,M.Y. Basrun,Amir Hasan,Inong,Kemat,Joshua Oppenheimer,Amir Siahaan,Ted Yates

Director

Joshua Oppenheimer

Producer

Werner Herzog,Signe Byrge Sørensen,Errol Morris,André Singer

Cinematography

Lars Skree

Music

Mana Tahan,Seri Banang

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

$332,710

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

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