13 Nov 2014
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An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.
Portrait of God
How do you shadow somebody who doesn't cast a shadow?
Portrait of God is a documentary road movie about the manhunt for the most wanted person in the world. The film is constructed as a classic detective story. A middle-aged detective shadows the suspect through the highs and lows of South African society until he ends up in a gigantic prison in Cape Town bursting with murderers, thieves, and rapists.
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