Immortal
A condemned Egyptian god navigates a surreal future Earth in search of a human vessel and the woman who can bear his child.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Moderate
- surreal
- oppressive
- eerie
- arthouse science fiction night
- visual world-building showcase
What critics said
Critics generally found the film visually ambitious and imaginatively designed but weakened by an incoherent, underdeveloped story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film combines live-action performances with computer-animated imagery to depict its dystopian future and mythic beings.
Horus is sentenced to death while seeking a human host and a child-bearing woman, directly linking Egyptian gods to mortality and capital punishment.
Earth is occupied by ancient gods and genetically altered humans, with social control and bodily transformation shaping the central conflict.
Horus's search for a new human host and a woman to bear his child provides the film's central pursuit.
Films like Immortal, and why
The City of Lost Children
shares dystopian science fiction, biomechanical imagery, and an oppressive future-city atmosphere
A Scanner Darkly
shares hybrid live-action and animation, surreal world-building, and dark speculative themes
Dark City
shares cerebral dystopian science fiction, altered human identity, and visually stylized production design
The Fountain
shares ancient-myth imagery, mortality themes, and visually experimental science fiction
Movie Details
- Director
- Enki Bilal
- Release Date
- 2004-03-13
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (473)
Cast
- Linda Hardy
- Thomas Kretschmann
- Charlotte Rampling
- Yann Collette
- Frédéric Pierrot
- Thomas M. Pollard
- Joe Sheridan
- Corinne Jaber
- Olivier Achard
- Jerry Di Giacomo
Common questions
- What is Immortal about?
- A condemned Egyptian god navigates a surreal future Earth in search of a human vessel and the woman who can bear his child.
- What is Immortal like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Immortal as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Immortal violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Immortal as moderate.
- What did critics think of Immortal?
- Critics generally found the film visually ambitious and imaginatively designed but weakened by an incoherent, underdeveloped story.
- Which films are like Immortal?
- Films with a similar feel include The City of Lost Children, A Scanner Darkly, Dark City, and The Fountain.
- How long is Immortal?
- Immortal runs 103 minutes.
