Immortel

Director: Enki Bilal
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Crime Fiction, Action, World cinema, Drama
Year: 2004
Country: France, Italy, United Kingdom
Language: English Language, French Language
Starring: Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, Charlotte Rampling, Frédéric Pierrot, Yann Collette, Thomas M. Polland, Corinne Jaber, Derrick Brenner, Joe Sheridan

Immortal (French: Immortel (ad vitam)) is a 2004 English language, French-produced live-action and animated science fiction film, directed by Enki Bilal and loosely based upon his comic book La Foire aux immortels (The Carnival of Immortals). It was one of the first major films (along with Casshern and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow) to be shot entirely on a "digital backlot", blending live actors with computer generated surroundings.

The film takes place in New York City in the year 2095 where genetically altered humans live side by side with unaltered men and women, and where Central Park has been mysteriously encased in an "intrusion zone" where people who attempt to enter are instantly killed. A strange pyramid has appeared over the city; inside, the gods of ancient Egypt have judged Horus, one of their fellow gods, to cease his immortality. In the city below, Jill, a young woman with blue hair is arrested. Not completely human, her tissues appear to be no more than a few months old according to an examining physician, although her physical form is already that of an adult. She also possesses a number of secret powers, including one that enables her to procreate with

More...

(This is information generated from a Wikipedia article, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.)


Internet Movie Database