Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
- Original title
- La virgen de los sicarios
- Directed by
- Barbet Schroeder
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Colombia, France
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 201 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An older Colombian author returns to Medellín after decades away and starts a relationship with a young hitman. He finds the city consumed by drug cartel violence and struggles to cope with the constant threat of death.
bleaktensemelancholicslow-burnvisceralunsentimentaldisquietinggrimromantic
What happens
Our Lady of the Assassins (Spanish: La virgen de los sicarios) is a 2000 Spanish-language romantic crime drama film directed by Barbet Schroeder from a screenplay by Fernando Vallejo, based on his 1994 novel. The film follows a Colombian author in his 50s who returns to his hometown of Medellín after 30 years of absence to find himself trapped in an atmosphere of violence and murder caused by drug cartel warfare. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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