Deep in the Eye and the Belly

Deep in the Eye and the Belly (2023) is a feature film. Top cast includes Nando Messias. The narrative builds around escalating stakes, urgent decisions, and action-driven momentum.

Actor: Nando Messias

In the present day, a story is unearthed of a whale body that became a world of dinner parties, clandestine sex and mayoral speeches. In a possible future, a group of those-who-were-left-behind (or, those-who-chose-to-stay) have made a home inside the body of a whale. They find themselves contemplating this new world and speculating on the state of things outside – a world ravaged by a climate crisis which they survived by turning to the ocean. At a crossing between the present day and this potential future, a lone figure sings a lament for the body of the world’s last whale.