
The Act of Killing
2012 | 159 min | Documentary
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Synopsis
The Act of Killing is a 2012 documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, with Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian co-directing. The film follows individuals who participated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, wherein alleged communists and people opposed to the New Order regime were tortured and killed, with the killers, many becoming gangsters, still in power throughout the country. The film was mostly filmed in Medan, North Sumatra, following the executioner Anwar Congo and his acquaintances as they, upon Oppenheimer's request, re-enact their killings and talk about their actions openly, also following Congo's psychological journey facing the topic.
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Credits
- Producer
- Signe Byrge Sørensen
- Director
- Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn
- Director of Photography
- Lars Skree
- Country
- United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway
- Series
- BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century
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