The Divinity of a City
Scifi-Noir Absurd Comedy
2024 · 1h 6m Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Overview
David Bono is a hitman hired to target Orshanabi Nazzar, a high-ranking priest-bureaucrat in a temple corporation in the fictional city of Babylonia (Brussels-based). The corporation has invented a way to avoid death by recording people's lives. While gathering information and preparing for the job, David meets Ellie, with whom they slept together. However, Ellie is a member of a cult called Children of Ishtar, and David's job would interrupt their life-recording ceremony. Facing an obsessive dilemma, David tries to find a way to do his mission without killing Ellie. First, he tries to convince Ellie not to attend the ceremony, and then he hires a local crook to kidnap her while he does the job. After the successful job, Ellie frees herself from the kidnapper, discovers the truth, and leaves for Akkadia. Meanwhile, David calls to receive the rest of his payment but gets ambushed by the contractor.
Director and cast
- Michell Heyndrickx as David Bono’s mental sound
- Nathan Tahmaseb as David Bono
- Cristina Valdivielso Garcia as Ellie Spungen
- Maarten Van Mieghem as Vladimir Presley
- Iris Obrejan as Lola Shuster
- Rebecca Sadoughi as Orshanabi Nazzar
- Yoko Theeuws as Mrs. Daniel
- Marceau Verkinderen as Mr. Turner
- Louise Deroo as Bar customer
- Airhead Sam (Sara Hamedi) as Drug Dealer
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