Post-production completes on British story ‘Tales of Babylon’

The new crime thriller Tales of Babylon from Groucho Arts has now finished post-production. New stills and an advance trailer have also been made available and can be viewed right here on That's Pop Culture.

Pelayo De Lario is the director of Tales of Babylon, his second full-length film after Jack, which was well-received at festivals in 2021 and won several awards. Clive Russell, Billie Gadsdon, Aaron Cobham, Paul Cassidy, Maria Crittell and Ray Calleja all appear in the movie.

In this story of crime, bloodshed, and redemption, Tales of Babylon follows two siblings who are trying to flee their violent mobster grandfather. They team up with two hitmen who have a flair for the dramatic in their quest for a new life. The main themes of this tale of modern Babylon are crime, money, and violence in London.

The London Docklands, Brixton, Greenwich, Hammersmith, and Hoxton were all used as shooting locations for the movie.

In order to break down barriers of gender, identity, and ethnicity, new production company Groucho Arts is investing in young, creative filmmakers with daring, original ideas.

Talking about the film, Director Pelayo De Lario said “We are thrilled to finally have finished Tales of Babylon, it is a project that all of us have poured our hearts into, spending many sleepless nights trying to make it the amazing movie that it is. Tales of Babylon was really personal to me, because despite being a story about gangsters , it is a story about London, with he city as the protagonist and everything the makes it special at it’s core, the diversity, the special type of culture we have and the variety of characters that makes London such an exciting city. Tales of Babylon, is also a film about the family, about finding your own family and about redemption, as the protagonists go through the story trying to make amends for their past mistakes. I can’t wait for everyone to get their eyes onto Tales of Babylon because I’m sure they won’t be able to take them off the screen.”

Elena Conte, CEO Grouch Arts said “Tales of Babylon is now finished and I couldn’t be more excited for the whole team who put so much into it, and especially Pelayo who wrote and directed the film with a lot of heart and personality, and for someone as young as him to already be pushing like this is something I haven’t seen in a long time, I’m sure the audience will love the film.”