“People don’t look for revenge to make
them happy.
They do it because they must.”
City of Saints and Thieves tells a story
about a girl named Tina, who escaped from Congo with her mom years ago as
refuges and begin their new safer life in Sangui City. Unfortunately for them,
safe doesn’t last long. Her mother was murdered, shot dead in the middle of the
night. Seeking for revenge, Tina spends her life on the street and training as
a master thief with local gang, the Goondas. Four years went by, and now her
job with the Goondas brings her back to a place where her mother was killed and
open a path for Tina to avenged her mother’s death. But revenge is not an easy
game to play as the faces from the past starting to haunt her and unravel some
dark truths that Tina might not ready to face.