The Look of Silence

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.

Cast

Adi Rukun

Adi Rukun

as Self

M.Y. Basrun

M.Y. Basrun

as Self

Amir Hasan

Amir Hasan

as Self (archive footage)

Inong

Inong

as Self

Kemat

Kemat

as Self

Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer

as Self (voice)

Amir Siahaan

Amir Siahaan

as Self

Ted Yates

Ted Yates

as Self (archive footage)

Reviews

Frank Ochieng

Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer was instrumental in delivering one of the most harrowing and heart-breaking documentaries in 2013’s The Act of Killing. As an impressive result of the critically acclaimed documentarian’s gut-wrenching narrative, The Act of Killing deservedly earned an Academy Award nom...

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