The Look of Silence (2014)
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Countries: Denmark / Indonesia / Norway / UK | Runtime: 99 min
Synopsis
In 1965–66, the Indonesian army killed an estimated one million people accused of being communists. The killers were never tried. The Look of Silence is the companion film to Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing. The film centers on Adi, an optometrist whose older brother was killed in the massacres. Armed with footage of the perpetrators describing how they killed his brother, Adi goes to meet them — asking quietly and directly about what they did.
Awards
- Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Grand Prize (Orizzonti)
- Academy Awards — Nominated, Best Documentary Feature
- BAFTA — Nominated, Best Documentary
- European Film Awards — Best Documentary
- IDFA — Opening Film
- Sundance Film Festival — Official Selection
Press
“One of the great documentary achievements of our time.”
— Realscreen