Immorality (2015)

Original title

جاودانگی

Directed by

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi

Genre

drama film, experimental film

Country

Iran

Runtime

2h 25m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The entire film takes place on a train during a rainy night, captured in a single 145-minute Steadicam shot. It follows an unknown person traveling through the night, with the journey becoming a meditation on time and existence.

slow-burnintrospectiveminimalistclaustrophobicunsettlingatmosphericlanguidcontemplative

What happens

Immortality (Persian: جاودانگی - Javdanegi) is a 2016 Iranian experimental drama film directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi. and his first feature film. This movie was recorded entirely on the train. All of the footage takes place on a rainy night using a 145-minute Steadicam one-shot sequence. Immortality was filmed in fourteen nights, and the film was shot twelve times until the end. The final film is one of those twelve takes. World premiere Immortality was in Rome Film Fest 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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