"The Roger Ebert Award goes to Laura Mora's Killing Jesús (Colombia), which contains the richest example of a quality Roger Ebert treasured in cinema. Mora's lead heroine tracks down her father's killer initially in pursuit of vengeance, until she realizes that his crime was merely a symptom of a corrupted society. The film is wise and perceptive in its suggestion that empathy itself can serve as a form of catharsis."
