Our Lady of the Assassins
2000 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 7.2 · 75% critics
A disillusioned writer returns to his hometown in Colombia hoping for peace, only to find a city shaped by everyday violence, drugs, and corruption. He forms an intense bond with a tough young street kid, and their time together becomes a restless journey through a place where danger feels unavoidable.
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Details
- Original title
- La virgen de los sicarios
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-09-20
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (198 votes)
About
If you’re drawn to bleak, provocative dramas about love and violence colliding in a dangerous city, this may land hard, especially if you liked Menace II Society or Tsotsi; Not for you if you want uplifting stories or restrained brutality.
Pros: raw, unsettling realism; sharp, cynical dialogue; memorable city backdrop | Cons: repetitive violence; uneven acting; slow, drifting pace
Themes
- lgbt
- gay theme
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2002 · nominated
Cast & crew
Germán Jaramillo
as Fernando
Anderson Ballesteros
as Alexis
Juan David Restrepo
as Wilmar
Manuel Busquets
as Alfonso
- WA
Wilmar Agudelo
as Child Sniffing Glue
- JÁ
Juan Carlos Álvarez
as 4x4 Thief
- JA
Jairo Alzate
as Taxi Driver Santa Domingo
- ZA
Zulma Arango
as Waitress
- JB
José Luis Bedoya
as Taxi Sabaneta 1
- CC
Cenobia Cano
as Alexis's Mother
Directed by Barbet Schroeder