The Immortal Story (1968)

Directed by

Orson Welles

Genre

drama film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

57 min

Rated

12

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 93 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy old man in Macau challenges his clerk to make a tall tale come true by hiring a sailor to reenact a fabled night of passion with a young woman. The scheme sets off an encounter between the cynical merchant, the hired woman, and the unsuspecting sailor.

slow-burnmelancholicatmosphericcontemplativeelegiacstagedintimatedreamlike

What happens

The Immortal Story (French: Une histoire immortelle) is a 1968 French film directed by Orson Welles and starring Jeanne Moreau. The film was originally broadcast on French television and was later released in theatres. It was based on a short story by the Danish writer Karen Blixen (more widely known by her pen name Isak Dinesen). With a running time of sixty minutes, it is the shortest feature film directed by Welles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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