The Look of Silence

The Look of Silence (2014)

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.

Date of release
2014-09-11
TMDB
7.8 / 10 (327)
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
History, Documentary
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer

Casting

  • Adi Rukun — Self
  • M.Y. Basrun — Self
  • Amir Hasan — Self (archive footage)
  • Inong — Self
  • Kemat — Self
  • Joshua Oppenheimer — Self (voice)
  • Amir Siahaan — Self
  • Ted Yates — Self (archive footage)

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