The Act of Killing
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2012 |
| Country | United Kingdom / Denmark / Norway |
| Director | Joshua Oppenheimer |
| Cast | Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Adi Zulkadry, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara |
| Genre | Documentary |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Act of Killing | – |
| Español | The Act of Killing | The Act of Killing |
| Français | The Act of Killing | The Act of Killing |
| Deutsch | The Act of Killing | The Act of Killing |
| Português | O Ato de Matar | O Ato de Matar |
| Italiano | The Act of Killing | The Act of Killing |
| Русский | Акт убийства | Akt ubiystva |
| 中文（简体） | 杀戮演绎 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 殺戮演繹 | – |
| 한국어 | 액트 오브 킬링 | Aekteu Obeu Killing |
| ไทย | ฆาตกรรมจำแลง | Khattakam Chamlaeng |
| Tiếng Việt | Hành động giết chóc | Hanh dong giet choc |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Jagal | Jagal |
| 日本語 | アクト・オブ・キリング | Akuto Obu Kiringu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which perpetrator memory and moral truth collide within staged reenactment of mass killing.
■ Synopsis
Former Indonesian death-squad members reenact their killings, exposing how violence, fantasy, impunity, and self-deception shape public memory.
■ RECIPE Tags
#PerpetratorMemory #Impunity #MoralReckoning #HistoricalViolence #SelfDeception
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can a perpetrator narrate atrocity without confronting guilt
Reason: The killers first convert violence into performance, pride, and cinematic fantasy.
Related Film: Shoah - Middle: Can reenactment reveal what confession hides
Reason: Staging the crimes exposes moral fracture beyond factual testimony.
Related Film: The Look of Silence - Core: What happens when a society rewards murder instead of judging it
Reason: Impunity turns atrocity into public identity and makes truth itself politically unstable.
Related Film: S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
■ Secondary Axes
- State violence and memory: Public order is built on suppressed crimes that remain socially active.
Related Film: The Missing Picture - Performance as moral exposure: The act of dramatization reveals the structure of denial.
Related Film: Waltz with Bashir
■ Person
- Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
- Cast: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Adi Zulkadry, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara
■ Structural Tags
#PerpetratorReenactment #ImpunityStructure #MemoryExposure
■ Attribute Tags
#DocumentaryFilm #IndonesianMassKillings #EuropeanCoProduction
