Raw, terrifying, and painfully difficult to watch, The Act of Killing offers a haunting testament to the edifying, confrontational power of documentary cinema.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Joshua Oppenheimer -
Producer -
Anne Köhncke , Signe Byrge Sørensen -
Distributor -
Drafthouse Films -
Production Co -
Novaya Zemlya , Spring Films , Piraya Film A/S , Final Cut for Real -
Genre -
Documentary , Biography , Crime , Drama , History , War -
Original Language -
Indonesian -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jul 19, 2013, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Aug 10, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$484.2K -
Runtime -
2h 2m