El Sicario, Room 164
| El Sicario, Room 164 | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gianfranco Rosi |
| Written by | Gianfranco Rosi and Charles Bowden |
| Produced by | Serge Lalou and Gianfranco Rosi |
| Edited by | Jacopo Quadri |
Production companies | Robofilms Les Films d'Ici |
| Distributed by | Icarus Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Countries | United States France |
| Language | Spanish |
El Sicario, Room 164 is a 2010 documentary film directed by Gianfranco Rosi and based on an article[which?] by Charles Bowden.
Synopsis
The film's subject is an anonymous Ciudad Juárez sicario known to have killed hundreds. An expert in torture and kidnapping, he was employed by Mexican drug cartels and the Chihuahua State Police simultaneously.[1] In the film, he recounts his story to the camera inside the very hotel room he once used to hold and torture kidnapped victims, his face concealed by a black mesh hood. Using a marker and notepad, he illustrates his career of crime, murder, abduction, and torture. There exists a $250,000 bounty on his life.[2]
Reception
El Sicario, Room 164 has a metascore of 76 on Metacritic[3] and 92% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[4]
See also
- Kingdom of Shadows (Lo que reina en la sombras), a 2015 documentary film about the drug war from three different perspectives: a Mexican activist nun, an American former trafficker, and an American federal agent.[5] [6]
References
- ^ "'El Sicario: Room 164' a powerful gaze into a squalid abyss". El Paso Inc. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "El Sicario, Room 164 Press Kit" (PDF). Icarus Films. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "El Sicario, Room 164". Metacritic. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "El Sicario, Room 164". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3785740/
- ^ http://www.elseptimoarte.net/mexico/-lo-que-reina-en-las-sombras---kingdom-of-shadows--2257.html