Our Lady of the Assassins (2000)
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
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.
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Filmmakers with a conscience have explored it with revelatory results, from Pier Paolo Pasolini's brilliant 1961 debut "Accatone" to Barbet Schroeder's disturbing 2001 "Our Lady of the Assassins."