The Look of Silence
2014 · Movie · PG-13 · 100 min · ★ 7.8 · 94% critics
A quiet professional confronts the long shadow of Indonesia’s 1965–1966 mass killings after losing a family member in the violence. Through tense, intimate conversations with survivors and those tied to the atrocities, the film explores denial, fear, and the lasting wounds left on a community decades later.
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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-11-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 94/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (313 votes)
About
You’ll likely connect with this if you want a sober, human-scale documentary about historical trauma and accountability, especially as a companion to The Fog of War; Not for you if you want light viewing or clear closure.
Pros: quietly devastating impact; tense real conversations; powerful aftermath focus | Cons: extremely disturbing subject; repetitive interview structure; emotionally draining watch
Themes
- loss of loved one
- mass murder
- biography
- indonesia
- torture
- murderer
- genocide
- guilt
- death of brother
- ophthalmologist
- indonesian genocide
Awards & recognition
- Jeanne Moreau Prize · 2015
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · 2016 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Documentary · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew
Adi Rukun
as Self
- MB
M.Y. Basrun
as Self
- AH
Amir Hasan
as Self (archive footage)
- IN
Inong
as Self
- KE
Kemat
as Self
Joshua Oppenheimer
as Self (voice)
- AS
Amir Siahaan
as Self
Ted Yates
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer