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Our Lady of the Assassins
- Director: Barbet Schroeder
- Writer: Fernando Vallejo
- Producer: Margaret Ménégoz; Jaime Osorio Gómez
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A mind-blowing must-see.
There is so much that can be written about this masterpiece - matter-of-fact violence, unflinching truth, a macabre humour, a bewildering naivety, a satisfying philosophy and, a divine justice.
Made by a seasoned film-maker, written by a rare intelligence.
The generation gap has never been so vividly or desperately displayed.
The Colombian tourist board will probably despise this fantastic film...how screwed a country can be.
It makes it worthwhile to sit endlessly through the dregs of insubstantial movies - when something like this comes around.
Truly - this is everything that a movie should be.
PERFECTION.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The tempestuous love story between Fernando, an older man who has recently returned to his crime-ridden drug capitol hometown of Medellin, Colombia and the gun-happy 16-year-old assassin Alexis, who murders all too easily. When Alexis himself is fatally gunned down, grief-stricken Fernando hunts for his young lover's killer in the Medellin slums, but instead encounters Wilmar, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Alexis.
Cast & Characters
Germán Jaramillo as Fernando;
Anderson Ballesteros as Alexis;
Juan David Restrepo as Wilmar;
Manuel Busquets as Alfonso;
Wilmar Agudelo as Child Sniffing Glue;
Juan Carlos Álvarez as 4x4 Thief;
Jairo Alzate as Taxi Driver Santa Domingo;
Zulma Arango as Waitress;
Jose Luis Bedoya as Taxi Sabaneta 1;
Cenobia Cano as Alexis's Mother;
Eduardo Carvajal as Taxi Driver Clinic;
Olga Lucia Collazos as Pregnant Woman;
Jorge A. Correa as Dead Man;
Phanor Delgado as Taxi Driver with Machete;
Albeiro Lopera as Punk