Gianfranco Rosi

France / Mexico / 2011 / 84 min

El Sicario is an innovative and chilling documentary about a retired hitman who also spent time as a state police commander. The film was shot entirely in a motel room on the US-Mexico border where he tortured a businessman who he kidnapped. With his face completely hidden, he tells stories with unsettling precision of how he kidnapped, tortured, and murdered countless people. Despite his gruesome confession, this is obviously a man who is highly intelligent, very articulate and all too believable, making El Sicario a challenging and captivating, cutting edge film.

Australian Premiere

Sat, October 8 - 6:30 pm
Cinema 2, Chauvel Cinema
 

Selected Festivals & Awards

Best International Documentary at Doc-Aviv, Biennale di Venezia, Fipresci Award Orizzonti, BiografilmLancia Award

Director: Gianfranco Rosi
Producers: Serge Lalou, Gianfranco Rosi, Charles Bowden
Editor: Jacopo Quadri
Print Source: Doc & Film