The Act of Killing

A story of killers who win and the society they build.

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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“"The amazing, brilliant, and revolutionary storytelling device that the director uses is that he gets the main killers to reenact their crimes. You get a sense that one of the killers is starting to see his crimes in a different way."”

Louis Theroux

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