Project Detail

The Look of Silence

Synopsis

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
99 mins
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer
Signe Byrge Sørensen
Co-Producer
Torstein Grude, Kaarle Aho, Anonymous, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Executive Producer
Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, André Singer
Editor
Nils Pagh Andersen
Director of Photography
Lars Skree
Sound
Henrik Garnov
Composer
Seri Banang, Mana Tahan
Principal cast
Adi Rukun

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, UK coproduction

Final Cut for Real (DK), Making Movies Oy (FI), Piraya Film (NO), Anonymous, Spring Films (UK)

Spring Films

47 Conduit Street
Second Floor
London
W1S 2YP

Sales Company

Cinephil (IL)

Levontin Street 18
Tel Aviv 6511207
Israel

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