The Look of Silence

Jul 17 2015 PG-13 1h 43m
Biography, Documentary, History

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

Plot

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.

Written by

N/A

Directed by

Joshua Oppenheimer

Production Countries

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America, Indonesia, France

Production Companies

Making Movies, Final Cut for Real, Piraya Film A/S, Spring Films, Anonymous

Languages

Bahasa indonesia

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 48 wins & 45 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
14,311
Average Rating
8.3 out of 10
Metascore
92
Popularity
NA