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    The Act of Killing

    Indonesian poster of the movie The Act of Killing
    2012     Documentary    
    Denmark/Norway/United Kingdom
    1h 55min
    Original lang: Indonesian, English
    13+
    14A
    14A

    The Act of Killing is about killers who have won, and the sort of society they have built. Unlike ageing Nazis or Rwandan génocidaires, Anwar Congo and his friends have not been forced by history to admit they participated in crimes against humanity. Instead, they have written their own triumphant history, becoming role models for millions of young paramilitaries. The Act of Killing is a journey into the memories and imaginations of the perpetrators, offering insight into the minds of mass killers. And The Act of Killing is a nightmarish vision of a frighteningly banal culture of impunity in which killers can joke about crimes against humanity on television chat shows, and celebrate moral disaster with the ease and grace of a soft shoe dance number.

    Directed byJoshua Oppenheimer
    CompanyDrafthouse FilmsEyeSteelFilmEyeSteelFilm

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    Featuring

    Anwar Congo
    Herman Koto
    Syamsul Arifin
    Ibrahim Sinik
    Yapto Soerjosoemarno
    Safit Pardede
    Jusuf Kalla
    Adi Zulkadry
    Soaduon Siregar
    Suryono
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