The look of silence
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| German title | The look of silence |
| Original title | The look of silence |
| Country of production | Denmark |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| production | Signe Byrge Sørensen |
| music | Seri Banang, Mana Tahan |
| camera | Lars Skree |
| cut | Nils Pagh Andersen |
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The Look of Silence is a Danish documentary by Joshua Oppenheimer from the year 2014 . It deals with the massacre in Indonesia from 1965 to 1966 and uses the brother of a murdered man to depict the story from the victims' perspective, in contrast to Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing from 2012, which showed the perpetrator's perspective.
The production was nominated as best documentary for the Academy Awards 2016 and has also received more than 40 film awards and more than 30 other nominations.
action
The Indonesian Adi Rukun is 44 years old and the brother of someone who died in the mass murder of members and sympathizers of the Indonesian Communist Party . In the course of his work as an optometrist , he speaks to a few people about this part of Indonesia's history, which has not yet been processed on site. Among his interlocutors are perpetrators, including the head of the death squad at the time , and collaborators , some of whom are public officials , but also family members. Although his own mother advises against the investigation, he confronts senior officials with questions about their specific roles as well as questions about repentance . His own uncle turns out to be a collaborator who was indirectly involved in the death of Adi's brother as a prison guard. The only person who asks for forgiveness does so on behalf of their father, who declines all responsibility.
reception
The Look of Silence , like The Act of Killing, was received very positively and received dozens of international awards. These include prizes from the Berlin International Film Festival , the Gotham Awards , the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the South by Southwest Festival .
Web links
- The Look of Silence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film Website (English)
- The Look of Silence In: dfi.dk. Det Danske Film Institute (Danish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for The Look of Silence . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2015 (PDF; test number: 153 525 K).