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(Redirected from Sicario (1995 film)) 1994 Venezuelan film

Sicario
Film poster
Directed by	Joseph Novoa
Written by	David Suárez
Produced by	Joseph Novoa Elia Schneider Philippe Toledano
Starring	Laureano Olivares
Cinematography	Óscar Pérez
Edited by	Joseph Novoa
Distributed by	Joel Films
Release date	August 12, 1994 (1994-08-12)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Venezuela
Language	Spanish

Sicario is a 1994 Venezuelan drama film directed by Joseph Novoa. The film was submitted as the Venezuelan entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It also was a finalist at the Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film 1995.

Plot

Jairo is a teenager living in a drugs- and violence-infested neighborhood who becomes a hired killer or sicario for a criminal gang.

The story takes place in Medellín, Colombia; it was filmed in Caracas, Venezuela.

Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
"41 to Compete for Foreign Language Oscar Nominations". FilmFestivals.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
"Detrás de las Cámaras: Sicario, entrevista a José Nóvoa". ibermediadigital.com. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

v t e Colón de Oro Award
1970s	Enough Praying (1975) The Last Supper (1976) Cantata de Chile (1977) A Summer Rain (1978) Julio comienza en julio (1979)
1980s	A Culpa (1980) Cerromaior (1981) Last Days of the Victim (1982) Ardiente paciencia (1983) Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación (1984) The Rigorous Fate (1985) Poor Butterfly (1986) Besame Mucho (1987) A Mulher do Próximo (1988) Juliana (1989)
1990s	Después de la tormenta (1990) Las tumbas (1991) Adorable Lies (1992) The Strategy of the Snail (1993) Reina y Rey (1994) Sicario (1995) Como un relámpago (1996) How Angels Are Born (1997) Traição (1998) Olympic Garage (1999)
2000s	Coronation (2000) In This Tricky Life (2001) Madame Satã (2002) El viaje hacia el mar (2003) Whisky (2004) Lower City (2005) The Violin (2006) Silent Light (2007) The Good Life (2008) The Maid (2009)
2010s	Hermano (2010) I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips (2011) Clandestine Childhood (2012) Workers (2013) Zanahoria (2014)

v t e Venezuelan submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
El Pez que Fuma (1978) The House of Water (1984) Oriana (1986) Jericho (1991) Knocks at My Door (1994) Sicario (1995) One Life and Two Trails (1997) Loop (1998) Glue Sniffer (1999) Oro Diablo (2000) Una casa con vista al mar (2001) The Archangel's Feather (2002) Sangrador (2003) Punto y Raya (2004) 1888: The Extraordinary Voyage of the Santa Isabel (2005) (disqualified) Maroa (2006) Postcards from Leningrad (2007) The Color of Fame (2008) Libertador Morales, el Justiciero (2009) Hermano (2010) The Rumble of the Stones (2011) Rock, Paper, Scissors (2012) Breach in the Silence (2013) The Liberator (2014) Gone with the River (2015) From Afar (2016) El Inca (2017) The Family (2018) Being Impossible (2019) Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020) The Inner Glow (2021) The Box (2022) The Shadow of the Sun (2023) Back to Life (2024)

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