The Look of Silence

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The Look of Silence is a 2014 documentary film by Joshua Oppenheimer that follows an Indonesian optometrist confronting the men responsible for the 1965–66 mass killings that devastated his family and community.

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instanceOf Indonesian documentary film
documentary film
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
FIPRESCI Prize (Venice Film Festival)
linked to: FIPRESCI Prize

Grand Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival)
Human Rights Nights Award (Venice Film Festival)
Venezia Classici Award for Best Documentary on Cinema
cinematographyBy Lars Skree
countryOfOrigin Denmark
Finland
Indonesia
Norway
United Kingdom
United States
director Joshua Oppenheimer
distributor Drafthouse Films
Participant Media
editedBy Niels Pagh Andersen
filmingLocation Indonesia
North Sumatra
filmPosterCaption Theatrical release poster
follows Adi Rukun
genre documentary
hasIMDbId tt3521134
hasRottenTomatoesRating critical acclaim
language Indonesian
Javanese
mainCharacter Adi Rukun
musicBy Elin Øyen Vister
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
partOf Joshua Oppenheimer Indonesian genocide project
portrays perpetrators of the 1965–66 Indonesian mass killings
survivors of the 1965–66 Indonesian mass killings
premiereEvent 71st Venice International Film Festival
producer Signe Byrge Sørensen
productionCompany Anonymous
Final Cut for Real
relatedWork The Act of Killing
releaseDate 2014-08-28
releaseYear 2014
runningTimeMinutes 103
setting Indonesia
subject 1965–66 Indonesian mass killings
theme impunity
memory
political violence
reconciliation

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The Act of Killing influenced The Look of Silence
Niels Pagh Andersen notableWork The Look of Silence
Diane Weyermann notableWork The Look of Silence