2000 · drama · crime
Our Lady of the Assassins
Directed by Barbet Schroeder1h 41m2000
World-weary author Fernando has returned to his native Colombia to live out his days in peace. But Fernando's once-quiet hometown has become a hotbed of violence, drugs, and corruption. On the brink of despair, Fernando meets Alexis, a beautiful but hardened street kid who lives by the rule of the gun. Together, they forge an unlikely relationship.
Our read: Our Lady of the Assassins (2000) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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- extreme
- bleak
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