The Look of Silence
Synopsis
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2014
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 99 mins
- Director
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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
Genre
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 StreetSecond Floor
London
W1S 2YP
Sales Company
Cinephil (IL)
Levontin Street 18Tel Aviv 6511207
Israel
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