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Our Lady of the Assassins

Drama. Romance A Colombian author in his fifties returns to his hometown of Medellín after 30 years of absence but finds himself trapped in an atmosphere of violence and murder caused by drug cartel warfare.
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The Washington Post
"It's sad, funny, shocking and completely unlike any movie in a dozen years."
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The New York Times
"Couldn't have succeeded had it been cast with movie stars. Its authenticity derives not only from the streets on which it was filmed but also from its able Colombian cast." 
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Chicago Reader
"Has its faults, but it's Barbet Schroeder's most relevant and interesting film in over a decade"
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New York Daily News
"The intimate love story is overwhelmed by the carnage. It may be an accurate picture of life in Medellin, but it's not convincing"
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Variety
"[This] adaptation of Fernando Vallejo's 1994 novel has a naturalistic freedom and ease that is both refreshing and direct in the way it tells a deeply disturbing story."
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Austin Chronicle
"Una oda vigorizante a la ciudad, un lugar de dolorosa belleza y pobreza, envuelto por un halo desconcertante de cultura antigua y nihilismo moderno"
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LA Weekly
"A scathing, darkly funny political essay wrapped inside a tragic love story (or vice versa)"
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