Immortel (ad vitam) (2004)

Director:

Enki Bilal

Writers:

Enki Bilal (comic books "La Foire aux immortels" and "La Femme piège")
Enki Bilal (scenario & adaptation and dialogue)
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Release Date:

24 March 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the distant future, Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans. When a god is sentenced to death he seeks a new human host and a woman to bear his child.

Plot Keywords:

God | Death | Mutant | Future | Museum

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Linda Hardy	...	Jill Bioskop
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Alcide Nikopol
Charlotte Rampling	...	Elma Turner
Yann Collette	...	Froebe
Frédéric Pierrot	...	John
Thomas M. Pollard	...	Horus
Joe Sheridan	...	Allgood
Corinne Jaber	...	Lily Liang
Olivier Achard	...	Checker
Jerry Di Giacomo	...	Jack Turner
Dominique Mahut	...	Hotel Receptionist
Gary Cowan	...	Tycho Barman
Augustin Legrand	...	Pusher / Salesman
Javon Constantin	...	Eugenics Little Boy
Owen Steketee	...	Horus's Baby
Thomas Murat	...	Adaptater (voice)
Barbara Scaff	...	Jill (voice) (as Barbara Weber-Scaff)
Dominic Gould	...	John (voice)
Geoffrey Carey	...	Froebe / Checkers (voice) (as Geoffrey Carrey)
Allan Wenger	...	Hotel Receptionist (voice)
Paul Bandey	...	Dayaks (voice)
Coralie Seyrig	...	Bastet (voice)
Goran Vejvoda	...	Anubis (voice)
Helen Later	...	Conti / Speaker Meteo (voice) (as Helene Later)
Paul Barrett	...	Pilot Helico (voice)
Leslie Clack	...	Co-Pilot / Background Voices (voice) (as Les Clack)
Lemmy Constantine	...	Voice Over (voice)
Robert Dauney	...	Security Guard (voice) (as Robert Dawney)
Geoffrey Greenhill	...	Policeman (voice)
Irene Palko	...	Background Voices (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rhonda Constantin	...	Fonctionnaire
Eddie Crew	...	Policier 2
Max Delor	...	Egyptologue
David Gasman	...	Client bar Géant
Vanessa Hope	...	Bastet
Charles Maquignon	...	Le gérant
Joel Mitchell
Rochelle Redfield	...	Schneider
Mark Reed	...	Policier 1
Shush Tenin	...	Anubis
Tony Vanaria	...	Infirmier
Derrick Brenner	...	Jonas (uncredited)
Thierry René	...	Sam (uncredited)
Jacquelyn Toman	...	Patiente Elma (uncredited)
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Jack Turner (voice: French version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Enki Bilal

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Enki Bilal		comic books "La Foire aux immortels" and "La Femme piège"
Enki Bilal		scenario & adaptation and dialogue
Serge Lehman		scenario & adaptation

Produced by
Dominique Brunner	....	executive producer
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	line producer
Charles Gassot	....	producer
Daniel J. Walker	....	co-producer (as Daniel Walker)

Original Music by
Sigur Rós
Goran Vejvoda

Cinematography by
Pascal Gennesseaux

Film Editing by
Véronique Parnet

Casting by
Bernard Savin Pascaud

Production Design by
Jean-Pierre Fouillet

Art Direction by
Jean-Pierre Fouillet
Sophie Campbell		(art direction) (uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Stéphane Blau
Christophe Faton
Frédérique Nouailhat

Costume Design by
Mimi Lempicka		(as Mimi Lempika)

Makeup Department
Virginie Autrique	....	special makeup effects artist
Clément Bagot	....	special makeup effects artist
Dominique Berlioz	....	key hair stylist
Nils Bessis	....	key hair stylist
Josette Carrière	....	hair stylist
Stéphane Chauvet	....	special makeup effects artist
Rémi Chouroulinkov	....	special makeup effects artist
Lucas Coulon	....	hair stylist
Karine Deest	....	hair stylist
Nicolas Degennes	....	makeup designer
Anne-Sophie Desquesses	....	hair stylist
Marie-Luce Fabre-Pajaud	....	makeup artist
Sylvie Ferry	....	special makeup effects artist
Denis Gastou	....	special makeup effects artist
Cécile Gentilin	....	hair stylist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist
Marie Lastennet	....	makeup artist
Fanny Martin	....	makeup artist
Pascal Molina	....	special makeup effects artist
Léonor Pedrosa	....	hair stylist
Annabelle Petit	....	makeup artist (as Anabelle Petit)
Lydia Pujols	....	makeup artist
Jean-Christophe Spadaccini	....	special makeup effects artist
Pascal Thiollier	....	key makeup artist
François Torres	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	production manager
Solenn Colas	....	assistant production manager
Eric Duchêne	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christian Alzieu	....	second assistant director
David Campi-Lemaire	....	second assistant director
Jordane LaFourcade	....	second assistant director (as Jordane Lafourcade)
Lionel Steketee	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Hervé Babaud	....	plasterer
Gille Baette	....	construction manager
Eric Berthet	....	head carpenter
Hubert Bocquet	....	carpenter
Marc Bonetti	....	carpenter
Sophie Campbell	....	assistant art director
John Cavard	....	carpenter
Vincent Dangoise	....	painter
Frédéric Danos	....	painter
Pascale Evrard	....	carpenter
Christian Gazio	....	property master
Farida Hadjour	....	art department secretary
Jacky Hardouin	....	chief carpenter
Jérôme Hayot	....	painter
Joanna Kotowicz	....	assistant art director
Jérôme Larivière	....	carpenter
Xavier Laroyenne	....	carpenter
Nicolas Le Jeune	....	prop buyer
Alain Le Méo	....	carpenter
Sylvie Léger	....	painter
Caroline Martinet	....	painter
Frédéric Nollet	....	painter
Magali Oechsner de Coninck	....	sculptor
Rodolphe Planchais	....	trainee art director
Olivier Rouillard	....	assistant art director
Guillaume Rouzade	....	painter
Laurent Soulier	....	head painter
Angélique Verbeck	....	assistant art director (as Angélique Verbeeck)

Sound Department
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Denis Carquin	....	boom operator
Pascal Dedeye	....	foley artist
Toni Di Rocco	....	sound recordist
Ivan Dumas	....	additional sound assistant
Eric Ferret	....	sound recordist
Daniel Gries	....	assistant foley artist
Gérard Lamps	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lionel Le Bras	....	boom operator
Anne Le Campion	....	sound mixer
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronisation
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist
Laurent Quaglio	....	sound designer
Serge Rouquairol	....	foley sound editor
Eric Tisserand	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects
Pierre Foury	....	special effects
Sara Helmlinger	....	special effects
Jérome Miel	....	special effects
Jacques-Olivier Molon	....	assistant special effects
François Philippi	....	special effects
Benoît Squizzato	....	special effects
Olivier Zenenski	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Catherine Athon	....	digital coordinator
Stephanie Aubriot	....	digital artist
Quentin Auger	....	character setup and animation
Alex Bernardi	....	software engineer: research and development
Farchad Bidgolirad	....	research & development lead
Axel Bonami	....	digital compositor
Cyrille Bonjean	....	digital compositor
Cyrille Bonjean	....	visual effects coordinator
Lucie Bories	....	digital compositor
Ronan Broudin	....	digital compositor
Habbah Bruno	....	digital compositor
Myriam Catrin	....	digital artist
Seb Caudron	....	visual effects supervisor
Julien Charles	....	digital artist
Gérald Clévy	....	rotoscopy
Julien Cohen Bengio	....	animation artist
Julien Cohen Bengio	....	software engineer
Yann Couderc	....	lighting artist
Olivier Coulon	....	matte painter
Stéphane Dalbera	....	motion capture consultant
Benoit De Longlee	....	special visual effects
Brune Marie de Miscault	....	digital artist
Valérie de Palma	....	motion capture lead
Benjamin Deboute	....	render wrangler
Fabrice Delapierre	....	animation supervisor
Jerome Desvignes	....	characters modeling supervisor
Delphine Doreau	....	texturing supervisor (as Delphine Coffin)
Florence Dubin	....	digital effects artist
Lionel Duminil	....	digital compositor
Ludovic Fouche	....	matchmover
Jerome Fournier	....	visual effects
Eric Gambini	....	digital artist
Christine Gatto	....	virtual set supervisor: interior set
Pierre Genin	....	roto 3D supervisor
Renaut Gilles	....	layout artist
Pierre Gosset	....	digital compositor
Matthieu Grospiron	....	lighting supervisor
Bruno Hajnal	....	lighter
Ali Hamdan	....	digital artist
Afif Heukeshoven	....	on-set match mover
Philippe Huberdeau	....	3D layout assistant
Philippe Huberdeau	....	digital compositor
Philippe Huberdeau	....	visual effects coordinator
Nicolas Kermel	....	digital artist
Jean-Charles Kerninon	....	layout artist
Jean-Charles Kerninon	....	modeling artist
Farid Khadiri-Yazami	....	lighting & modeling: Duran
Aurelie Lajoux	....	digital compositor
Aurelie Lajoux	....	visual effects coordinator
Julien Lambert	....	lead lighting artist
Emmanuel Le Courbe	....	digital compositor
Yann Leroux	....	digital compositor
Julien Leveugle	....	lighting technical director
Emmanuel Linot	....	senior animator
Sergeï Lourié	....	digital compositor
Jean Baptiste Lère	....	visual effects technical director assistant
Catherine Macresy	....	visual effects production manager
Frederic Medioni	....	tracking artist
Fredrik Monteil	....	digital compositor
Antoine Moulineau	....	rendering lead
Malik Nahassia	....	digital effects artist
Carrié Nicolas	....	digital artist
Prothais Nicolas	....	senior animator
Alban Orlhiac	....	lead texture artist
Fred Palacio	....	virtual set supervisor: outside set
Stephane Paris	....	modeling technical director
Arnaud Pecqueur	....	lead texture artist
Claire Pegorier	....	digital effects artist
Cecile Peltier	....	digital compositor
Carlos Perona	....	lighting artist
Carlos Perona	....	modeler
Cyril Pichard	....	research & development
Jacquemin Piel	....	visual effects supervisor
Olivier Pinol	....	lead lighter
Sebastien Rame	....	digital compositor
Olivier Renouard	....	character setup supervisor
Caroline Rézeau	....	lead texture artist
Florian Salanova	....	lighting artist
Pierre Salazar	....	modeler
Pascal Savignac	....	lead texture artist
Denis Scolan	....	digital compositor
Bruno Serre	....	digital artist
Gaël Seydoux	....	on-set supervisor: Duboi
Gaël Seydoux	....	visual effects consultant: Telema
Manuel Souillac	....	digital artist
Majid Taibi	....	visual effects
Nina Taraud	....	render wrangler
Sebastien Terme	....	digital artist
Chris Thunig	....	digital matte artist: Duran
Georges Tornero	....	digital artist
Marine Tuloup	....	CGI set and props production coordinator
Patrice Wechsler	....	lighting production manager
Veronique Zylberfain	....	matte painter

Stunts
Laurent Avare	....	stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Yan Dron	....	stunt double
Pascaline Girardot	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Lionel Bailly	....	pre-light electrician
Elsa Bennett	....	clapper loader
Stéphane Birzin	....	rigger
Maxence Bottreau	....	rigger
Julien Bureau	....	focus puller: second camera
Bruno Calvo	....	still photographer
Olivier Caroff	....	generator operator
Marc Casi	....	stand-by rigger
Renaud Chassaing	....	video operator
Stéphane Cry	....	electrician
Hervé Denis	....	rigger
Renaud Fidon	....	stand-by rigger
Philippe Guermouh	....	generator operator
Nicolas Herdt	....	camera operator: second camera
Jean-Bernard Josko	....	rigger
Marc Kahlouche	....	pre-light electrician
Emile Laisné	....	grip
Franck Leclerc	....	focus puller: second camera
Stephane Lesmond	....	video technician
Jérôme Lift	....	third assistant camera
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Tom Mitaux	....	pre-light electrician
Patrick Pamart	....	rigger
Christophe Paturange	....	camera operator
Cyrill Renaud	....	focus puller
Patrick Renault	....	electrician
Samuel Renollet	....	focus puller: second camera
Laurent Robert	....	gaffer
Stéphane Rouillon	....	rigger
Benjamin Speyer	....	rigger
Renato Vicini	....	electrician
Antoine Vidal	....	assistant camera: techno crane
Jean-Pierre Voisin	....	pre-light electrician

Animation Department
Guillaume Aliquot	....	animator
Stephane Hoarau	....	character setup
Jean-Marc Ky	....	animator
Catherine Loonis	....	lighter
Ahmidou Lyazidi	....	character modeler
Jean-Paul Tétu	....	layout artist

Casting Department
Alexandra Paraboschl	....	casting assistant
Jean-Jacques Pugliese	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adélaïde Gosselin	....	wardrobe supervisor
Laetitia Harvey	....	wardrobe assistant
Clara Le Picard	....	wardrobe assistant
Maira Ramedhan Lévy	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	grader
Jérôme Arthuis	....	color grading coordinator
Stéphanie Carré	....	post-production coordinator
Isabelle Julien	....	color timer
Catherine Macresy	....	supervising editor
Magali Magnan	....	assistant editor
Annick Ménier	....	post-production coordinator
Laurent Pelé	....	first assistant editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Emmanuelle Zelez	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor
Ralph Rainger	....	composer: song "June in January"

Other crew
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach
Jérôme Arthuis	....	scan editing supervisor
Sophie Bernard	....	production coordinator
Thomas Capelle	....	r&d engineer
Thomas Foncelle	....	lead render wrangler
Laurence Granec	....	publicist
Christophe Huchet	....	title designer: main titles
Laurence Lemaire-Bazi	....	script supervisor (as Laurence Lemaire)
Ash Malde	....	auditor: Malde & Co. (as Ashit Malde)
Peggy Plessas	....	dialogue coach (as Peggy Hall Plessas)
Vaden Shah	....	auditor: Malde & Co.
Claude Varis	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Téléma
• TF1 Films Production (as TF1 Films Production)
• CiBy 2000
• RF2K Productions (as RF2K)
• Force Majeure Productions
• Medusa Film (as Medusa Film)
• TPS Star (paticipation)
• Cofimage 13 (association with)
• Natexis Banques Populaires Images 2 (association with)
• Sofica Valor 6 (association with)

Distributors

• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2004) (Italy) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Quasar Films (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Tiberius Film (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• First Look International (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (all media)
• Metro Film (2005) (Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• First Look International (????) (USA) (theatrical)
• Garsu Pasaulio Irasai (2004) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Golden Village (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Herald Film Company (Japan) (theatrical)
• Kitokio kino klubas (2011) (Lithuania) (theatrical)
• Spentzos Films (Greece) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Film1 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2006) (Sweden) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Duran Duboi
• Duran

Other Companies

• Auditoriums de Boulogne  sound editing
• Cinécool  end credits
• Cinéstéréo  sound transfer
• Panavision Alga  cameras
• Panavision Alga  technocrane
• Transpalux  lighting equipment
• Éclair Numérique  digital color timing

Also Known As:

"Immortal (Ad Vitam)" - International (English title), Italy
"Immortal" - USA (video title)
"Immortel" - France (short title)
"Besmrtna" - Serbia
"God Diva" - Japan
"God Diva" - Japan (English title)
"Gynaika pagida" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Halhatatlanok" - Hungary (imdb display title)
"Immortal" - Finland
"Immortal" - Sweden
"Immortal" - Germany
"Immortal - New York 2095: Die Rückkehr der Götter" - Germany (DVD box title)
"Immortals" - Netherlands (DVD title)
"Immortals" - Belgium (Flemish title) (DVD box title)
"Imortal" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Kadin tuzagi" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Nemirtingieji" - Lithuania (imdb display title)
"Surematu" - Estonia

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality/nudity, language and some violence

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

France | Italy | UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | UK:15 | France:U | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | USA:R

Company:

Téléma

Trivia:

Based upon the first two volumes of the Nikopol trilogy, Carnival of the Immortals and The Woman Trap. Many characters and plot elements were changed or added for the movie.

Quotes:

Jill Bioskop:That wasn't a very smart thing to do. The blue of my tears stains human skin for good.
Nikopol:I feel blue... for you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #35.9" (2006)

Soundtrack:

June in January

Enjoyable all the way

This is a very stylish and artistic movie, but it doesn't forget to tell a story. It is all done in bleak and washed out colors. It is a poetic movie; while the genre is science fiction, the author obviously could not care less for real science fiction. It's just design material, just as the piece of Egyptian mythology. The story line is straight, and has a style that is a mix between french and Japanese comics. It has the deadly epic seriousness of anime, and the designwork is both kitsch and awesome at the same time, as is customary for the french metal hurlant style. And, most refreshing, there is not a hint of Hollywood in this. So, sit back and let it flow.

I give the movie nine out of ten, but I can't say I feel hungry for more. No, what I'd like to see on the screen is some real science fiction. Not Star Wars crap and not poetic artistry, but the real thing, a modern novel by the likes of Iain M. Banks or Greg Egan adapted for the screen. Sadly enough, sf for the movies is becoming something that is exploited for it's kitschy futuristic themes and it's design and action possibilities, rather than a way to express the true visions the bookshelves are actually overflowing with. But here's still hoping...