Is The Look of Silence sad?

Yes, very. More sad than 99% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Look of Silence easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Look of Silence scary?

Yes. More frightening than 87% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Look of Silence violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Look of Silence end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Look of Silence

Name: The Look of Silence
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2014
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong, Kemat

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer

Produced by Making Movies, Final Cut for Real

2014100 min7.8 / 10

A harrowing, intimate documentary about a man confronting the murderers of his brother during Indonesia's 1965 genocide, grappling with grief, complicity, and the impossibility of reconciliation.

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.

Clusters

Consequences Of Wrongdoing Serial Killers And Assassins Coping With Death Violent Revenge Movies Biographical Drama

Genres

History Documentary

Keywords

Loss Of Loved One Mass Murder Biography Indonesia Torture Murderer Genocide Guilt Death Of Brother Ophthalmologist Indonesian Genocide

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Questions people ask

Is The Look of Silence sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.
Is The Look of Silence easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is The Look of Silence scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.
Is The Look of Silence violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Does The Look of Silence end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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