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Placeada: the intimate story of an ex-hitman
Dir. Alejandra Sánchez
Placeada: historia íntima de una ex-sicaria | 2022 | Mexico | 65 min.
Synopsis
The story of a 43 years old woman who used to be a hitman inside of a drug trafficking group. After spending 20 years in prison she gets realeased and begins to look for a new way of living and giving meaning to her existence. She neither wants to go back to jail nor die because of her past actions, so she tries to revisit her past life in order to leave it all behind. Through an intimate story we get to explore the origins of violence in Mexico.
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Film credits
Directed by
Alejandra Sánchez
Producers
Alejandra Sánchez
Fernanda Valadéz
Érika Licea
Cinematography
Érika Licea
Edited by
Ana García
Sound
Pablo Támez
Music composer
Gabo Briones
Tareke Ortíz
Production companies
Pepa Films, Corpulenta
Articles
- FICM - "Placeada. The intimate story of an ex-hitman presents a testimony where the director explores the oirigins of violence in Mexico"
- FUERA DE FOCO - "The filmmaker intended to expose how is it posible that a woman gets involved in this violence without judging her past actions"
- SIN EMBARGO - "Placeada: The intimate story of an ex-hitman. What led this woman to get involved in drug trafficking?"
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