The Look of Silence

18A
1h 40m
2014
7.802 /10 (298)

Overview

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

Country : Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom
Languages : Bahasa indonesia,
Released Date: 2014-11-13

Top Billed Cast

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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