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IMDb rating 8.3
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Critic rating 8.6

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Critic Glenn Kenny
rated 8

...a deliberate companion piece to “Killing,” and it too is strong and upsetting.

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Critic David Hughes
rated 10

Imagining Holocaust survivors confronting ageing Nazi death camp proprietors, while the Third Reich is still in power, may be the only way to fully understand Oppenheimer’s film.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...the focus still remains on the culprits, but the way they are challenged has a remarkable new dimension.

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Critic Mark Kermode
rated 8

...Indonesia’s butchers speak again – but this time, so do their victims

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Critic Uffe Paulsen
rated 8

Filmen viser på gysende vis de mange mekanismer, der holder tavsheden i live.

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Critic Morten Møller Bertelsen
rated 8

...Oppenheimers opfølger er en enestående skildring af de uhelbredelige sår, som folkedrabet har efterladt.

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Critic Lee Marshall
rated 10

Filmen er et bevis på, at få historiske løgne i sidste ende forbliver ubestridte – uanset hvor magtfuld den kultur, som fastholder dem, er.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko
Critic Moviezine
rated 8

...en skakande inblick i ett massmord som begicks för några decennier sedan.

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Cast & Crew

Joshua Oppenheimer
As Self (voice)
Kemat
As Himself, survivor from Snake River massacre
Amir Siahaan
As Himself, former commander of Snake River death squads
Inong
As Himself, former leader the village death squad

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The Look of Silence is a documentary that delves into the 1965-1966 Indonesian mass killings through the perspective of a family who lost their son and brother. The film follows the youngest brother's journey as he confronts the men responsible for his brother's death, breaking the spell of silence and fear that has haunted the survivors for decades. This powerful and emotional documentary sheds light on one of history's darkest moments, revealing the raw reality of life under terror and oppression.

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