El Sicario, Room 164
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Directed byGianfranco Rosi
Written byGianfranco Rosi and Charles Bowden
Produced bySerge Lalou and Gianfranco Rosi
Edited byJacopo Quadri
| El Sicario, Room 164 | |
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| 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 |
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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[1] by Charles Bowden.
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.[2] 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.[3]