The Act of Killing

Denmark, Indonesia, Norway and United Kingdom, 2012

Film

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In a place where killers are celebrated as heroes, these filmmakers challenge unrepentant death-squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The result is a surreal, cinematic journey, not only into the memories and imaginations of mass murderers, but also into a frighteningly banal regime of corruption and impunity.

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Credits

co-director

Christine Cynn

co-producer

Christine Cynn

Joshua Oppenheimer

producer

Anne Köhncke

Christine Cynn

Joram ten Brink

Michael Uwemedimo

Signe Byrge Sørensen

Duration

01:55:00

Production dates
2012

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-123678

Language

Indonesian

Subject category

Documentary

TMDB-Movie

123678

Wikidata

Q7712287

Collected

114 times

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