Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)

Country of Origin: France / Italy / UK
Year of Production: 2004
Running Times: 102 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: TF1 Films Productions / CiBy 2000 / RF2K Productions / Force Majeure Productions / Medusa Film S.p.a. / Téléma
Producers: Dominique Brunner, Charles Gassot
Production Manager: Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais
Unit Manager: Eric Duchêne

SCRIPT
Script: Enki Bilal, Serge Lehman
Comics: La foire aux immortels and La femme piège by Enki Bilal

DIRECTION
Director: Enki Bilal
1st Assistant Director: Lionel Steketee
2nd Assistant Director: David Campi-Lemaire
Assistant Director: Christian Alzieu

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Pascal Gennesseaux
Camera Operator: Christophe Paturange
Lighting Supervisor: Matthieu Grospiron

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Véronique Parnet

MUSIC
Music: Goran Vejvoda

SOUND
Sound Designer: Laurent Quaglio
Sound: Pierre Lenoir
Sound Mixer: Gérard Lamps
Sound Editor: Germain Boulay

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Hair: Cécile Gentilin
Costume Designer: Mimi Lempicka

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Duran

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Jacquemin Piel, Seb Caudron
Visual Effects Technical Director: Gaël Seydoux
Visual Effects Technical Director Assistant: Jean Baptiste Lère
Digital Compositor: Axel Bonami
Onset Match Mover: Afif Heukeshoven

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jean-Pierre Fouillet
Property Master: Christian Gazio
Set and Props Production Coordinator: Marine Tuloup

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Laurence Lemaire

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Patrick Cauderlier
Stunts: Alexandre Cauderlier, Yan Dron

CASTING
Casting: Bernard Savin Pascaud

CAST
Linda Hardy (Jill Bioskop)
Thomas Kretschmann (Nicopole)
Charlotte Rampling (Elma Turner)
Frédéric Pierrot (John)
Thomas M. Pollard (Horus)
Yann Collette (Froebe)
Olivier Achard (Checker)
Corinne Jaber (Lily Liang)
Joe Sheridan (Allgood)
Jean-Louis Trintignant (Jack Turner)

PLOT SUMMARY

The immortal alien Jill arrives on Earth to experience mortal life as it's lived by humans. During the course of her visit, she is transformed by her encounter with human Nicopole and the love she starts to feel for him.

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: UGC-Fox Distribution

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Herald Film Company

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Switzerland
Rating: 12

TIMELINE

2004
March
13: Belgium – shown at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films
24: Belgium, France, Switzerland (French speaking region) – theatrical release

May
1: Japan – theatrical release
20: Russia – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

La femme piège - working title
Trilogy - working title

LINKS

INCLUDES FOOTAGE FROM
The Fifth Element (1997)

KEYWORDS

aliens, animation, birds, bridges, films based on comics, computer animation, doctors, flying cars, the future, god, hibernation, hotels, museums, mutants, pills, pyramids, rape, teenagers

Last Updated: 25 August, 2009