"The Assassin" is tauted as Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee

I finally saw THE ASSASSIN (2015) & it is all about character who is only forced to fight when needed. If you want "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." This is not it. A female assassin is trained to kill by a master nun in the Tang Dynasty. She is quiet & precise. You never know when she has drawn blood until you actually die. It opens in black & white images to introduce the assassin. She then comes back into the real world that is beautiful. Underneath all the vibrant colors is death & destruction. I'm gonna see it again.