title: Sicario (1994 film)
text: # Sicario (1994 film)
  
  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.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Laureano Olivares as Jairo
  * Herman Gil as Aurelio
  * Néstor Terán as Tigre
  * Melissa Ponce as Rosa
  * Gledys Ibarra as Carlota
  * William Moreno as Aguirre
  
  ## Production
  
  The story takes place in Medellín, Colombia; it was filmed in Caracas, Venezuela.
  
  