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.
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Joshua Oppenheimer Director · Seri Banang Composer Mana Tahan Composer
Worldwide gross $333K · United States release July 17, 2015 · Produced in Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Israel, Netherlands
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Worldwide gross
$332,710
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Making Movies
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Final Cut for Real
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Piraya Film
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Spring Films
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Anonymous
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Britdoc Foundation
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Participant
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Doc Society
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Making Movies Oy
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Piraya Film A/S
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Denmark · Finland · Indonesia · Norway · United Kingdom · United States · France · Germany · Israel · Netherlands
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Indonesian · Javanese
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 2014
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Denmark · November 13, 2014
Theatrical
United States · July 17, 2015
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
August 30, 2014 · Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
September 30, 2014 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
July 24, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Los Angles, California
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 14, 2015 · Premiere · Sarajevo Film Festival
Canada
July 17, 2015 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
March 6, 2015 · Premiere · One World Film Festival
Ethiopia
June 12, 2015 · Premiere · Addis International Film Festival
France
January 25, 2015 · Premiere · Angers Film Festival
Germany
February 16, 2015 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
May 14, 2015 · Premiere · DOK.Fest München
October 1, 2015 · Theatrical
Indonesia
November 10, 2014 · Premiere · Jakarta
December 10, 2014 · Limited theatrical
December 10, 2015 · Digital · YouTube
Italy
September 11, 2014 · Theatrical
Myanmar (Burma)
June 15, 2015 · Premiere · Yangon Human Rights Film Festival
Netherlands
April 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 11, 2015 · Theatrical
Russia
June 19, 2015 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
South Africa
July 16, 2015 · Premiere · Durban International Film Festival
United Kingdom
June 11, 2015 · Theatrical
October 2, 2015 · Digital
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