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The Look of Silence
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The Look of Silence

2014 · 100 min History Documentary
7.8 / 10 · TMDB

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

This is quietly operating cinema. No big events, no crisis turns — just people and how they live through what happens to them.

Strengths: atmosphere, actors, accuracy of detail. Weaknesses: the pace isn't for everyone, the ending may feel unresolved.

For people who watch films for feeling, not entertainment.

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: An evening when your mind is at peace. With someone you can sit in silence with after. Wine or tea.

🎭 Cast

Adi Rukun

Adi Rukun

Self

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M.Y. Basrun

Self

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Amir Hasan

Self (archive footage)

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Inong

Self

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Kemat

Self

Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer

Self (voice)

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Amir Siahaan

Self

Ted Yates

Ted Yates

Self (archive footage)

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