Natural born killers

CAN a man live with himself knowing he got away with murder? That's the question that hangs over two must-see films that have made the line-up of this year's Southeast Asian Film Festival (SEAFF).

In The Look of Silence, a mild-mannered village optometrist comes face-to-face with his brother's killers - sounds like the plot of a cold-blooded thriller written by the Coen brothers? Not quite. Instead, it's the compelling (and equally-excellent) companion piece to the stunning 2012 award-winning documentary The Act of Killing by director, Joshua Oppenheimer.

Both films are framed against the same backdrop after t…