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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.

20141h 40mNRHistory, Documentary

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About The Look of Silence

Directors
Joshua Oppenheimer
Cast
Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong, Kemat, Joshua Oppenheimer
Genres
History, Documentary
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released

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