Parity Pipeline

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An ex-activist-turned-assassin (Shahan) is assigned by her mysterious handler in a place she once called home - a post-soviet city surrounded by mountains and on the verge of a hostile takeover. Her task: to take out the son and successor of a neighbouring country's dictator who has made it his personal mission to wipe Shahan's people off the map. Thinking on her feet, Shahan befriends a local group of young, enigmatic queers with the intention of crafting her cover for the night. While they're all dressing up and getting ready for a night out on the town, Shahan listens as they argue passionately about the current political climate. After being dropped off at the nightclub where she will carry out her mission, Shahan convinces a waitress to help her get into the VIP section where her target is partying with his entourage. When she gets him in a room alone, her panic sets in as she flashes back to a painful memory from her activist days. We see Shahan, pregnant and in labour, alongside her soldier-lover and midwife, hiding in a bomb shelter as the enemy army drops bombs on their village. Shahan is the only one who survives, and it is unclear whether her infant made it or not. Back in the present moment, Shahan summons her strength and kills her target. It is brutal, sweaty, and messy as hell. With the entourage in pursuit, Shahan manages to get away and disappears into the night. As the sun comes up, the handler is resting next to a sleeping child. Shahan shows up at the door, barefoot and exhausted. The handler lets her in, puts on a pot of tea, and destroys all evidence of the mission. Shahan crawls into bed with the child, as we learn that her child did survive, and that she continues to risk her life to stop the powers that be from destroying their homelands.