“La Mort Viendra” is a film about the last things, about ideas that no longer have a place in our world. Berlin School director Christoph Hochhäusler shoots in French for the first time and presents us with a genuine Eurogangster thriller set in present-day Brussels. The main character, Tez (Sophie Verbeek), is a hitwoman who is tasked with finding the murderer of a courier who was killed under mysterious circumstances in Luxembourg. The courier, who was traveling with a valuable Italian painting and a hidden sum of money, was shot after paying his bail while staying in a hotel with an electronic anklet. The ageing gangster boss Charles Mahr (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) wants Tez to catch the murderer. Christoph Hochhäusler's long-standing fascination with urban architecture takes on a whole new dimension in “La Mort Viendra”. The Brussels that he captures together with his cameraman Reinhold Vorschneider has nothing noble or chic about it. In an impressive chiaroscuro aesthetic, the characters move through abandoned factory buildings, gloomy courtyards, narrow bars and dreary underground garages. These “moody places” provide the perfect backdrop for the crime film plot about the mysterious machinations of the criminal underground. Behind this is a sad look at the legacy of old white men who want to reassert their relevance. It is clear that these longings must inevitably come to nothing in Hochhäusler's cold world. An impressive genre film that celebrated its world premiere in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival.