Synopsis
Vincke and Verstuyft are the Antwerp police department’s top detective team. When a high-ranking official is murdered, they are tasked with catching the killer by any means necessary. The clues point toward a hitman by the name of Angelo Ledda. Ledda suffers from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and finds carrying out his missions increasingly difficult. When he realizes moreover that he has been used as a pawn in a political powerplay, he decides to turn the tables on his clients. Meanwhile, Vincke and Verstuyft struggle to disentangle the web of intrigues, settlements and networks, in an attempt to avoid even more bloodshed.
Info
Release
October 15th 2003
Genre
Police thriller
Duration
123'
Status
Released
Director
Erik Van Looy
Screenplay
Carl Joos & Erik Van Looy
based on the novel by Jef Geeraerts
Producer
Erwin Provoost & Hilde De Laere
Co-producers
TV1 (BE)
TROS (NL)
Bridge Entertainment Group (NL)
Cast
Koen de Bouw
Werner De Smedt
Jan Decleir
Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Geert Van Rampelberg
Jo De Meyere
Gène Bervoets
Deborah Ostrega
Synopsis
Vincke and Verstuyft are the Antwerp police department’s top detective team. When a high-ranking official is murdered, they are tasked with catching the killer by any means necessary. The clues point toward a hitman by the name of Angelo Ledda. Ledda suffers from the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and finds carrying out his missions increasingly difficult. When he realizes moreover that he has been used as a pawn in a political powerplay, he decides to turn the tables on his clients. Meanwhile, Vincke and Verstuyft struggle to disentangle the web of intrigues, settlements and networks, in an attempt to avoid even more bloodshed.
