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

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)

Trailer

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