Year 2015 Theatrical Release 2015-07-17 Video Release 2016-01-12 Studio Drafthouse Films Genre Documentary MPAA Rating PG-13 CARA thematic material involving disturbing graphic descriptions of atrocities and inhumanity Color Color Runtime 126 Animated Live-Action Full Synopsis The Look of Silence is Joshua Oppenheimer's powerful companion piece to the Oscar R nominated The Act Of Killing. Through Oppenheimer's footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence. Director Joshua Oppenheimer Cast Joshua Oppenheimer