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documentary
true crime
cartel violence
intimate interview
Tips
🎬part of Gianfranco Rosi retrospective
⏱️tight 80-minute runtime
🍿Metrograph has great snacks
Saturday, June 20, 5:30 PM
El Sicario, Room 164
June 20 at 5:30pm
Lower East Side










A Mexican hitman in a black cowl recounts two decades of cartel violence, corruption, and torture techniques learned at police academy. Gianfranco Rosi's spare, hotel-room documentary is intimate and deeply unsettling.
documentary
true crime
cartel violence
intimate interview
Tips
🎬part of Gianfranco Rosi retrospective
⏱️tight 80-minute runtime
🍿Metrograph has great snacks
Saturday, June 20, 5:30 PM
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