Killing Interpretation

In 1965, the Indonesian government was overthrown by the military junta. Those who opposed the military dictatorship were identified as "communists" and suffered a bloody massacre. Within a year, more than 1 million "communists" died, including farmers and some local Chinese. The protagonist of the film, Anwar Congo, and his friends participated in the massacre that year. He is now a veteran of Indonesia's largest paramilitary organization, Pemuda Pancasila. Anwar and his friends accepted the director's invitation to re-enact in front of the camera how they executed those "communists". They recreated the scene through filming and once again picked up the blood-stained wire used to strangle people. Anwar told his story, which included his love for American gangster movies when he was young. Although the paramilitary organization Pemuda Pancasila to which he belongs is a force to maintain national security, it is also regarded as the largest gang in Indonesia...