The Look of Silence

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

2015

History·Documentary

1h 40min

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Adi Rukun
Self
M.Y. Basrun
Self
Amir Hasan
Self (archive footage)
Inong
Self
Kemat
Self
Amir Siahaan
Self

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